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author’s note: To all the Noahs out there. AN ARK BUILDER OVERCOMES REASONABLE DOUBT WITH REASON As a child when I heard the story of Noah I firmly decided: you must obey higher guidance even if people doubt you. Ah, but my resolution slipped when, years later the voice of wisdom spoke to me as I tried to quiet my heart during a time of confusion. Like the command Noah heard the message I received seemed to go against common sense. Nonetheless, I might have believed-- if the voice had boomed down from the clouds. But no the answer rose softly from a place deep within me and so governed by doubt I went against the guidance and soon realized I should’ve heeded that advice. And oh-- the advice didn’t stop-- because in curiosity, I strained to hear the next message and the next and the next. Though in short time, I learned I should obey what I heard I still worried about rejecting my reasonable doubt-- after all I didn’t want to lose my reason-- reason is good! Fortunately, I eventually I developed a strategy: when I begin to fret about some major building instruction I counter my doubt with this reasonable argument: maybe I am making a grand mistake but if I act with courage and love that mistake will be wonderfully grand.
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author’s note: Wishing you a golden new year. GOLDEN BELIEF When I learned about leprechauns as I child I decided: Noah found a pot of gold when his ark reached the rainbow after 40 days and 40 nights of storm. Then whenever I saw a rainbow arc I’d think to myself: if I could somehow find a way over there I’d carry home a kettle filled with coin and begin a sunny new life. Of course, in time, I realized no ’bow ever touched down. No end to be found--no gold. And yet even now if I happen to glimpse just a shred of a prism hanging in the air I’ll again feel that hope and imagine finally arriving at the end of the rainbow where my gold shines like a sun. Of course, as an adult I understand the gold I seek is not a tangible metal but a wisdom earned by finding ways to navigate days and nights of storm. Am I a fool to think I can ever own so much gold? Maybe. But I’ll keep believing because if I ever stop struggling I’ll be deadened by the feeling of defeat.
Dancing to Raven’s Song: a novel novel
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