A house divided…

I can’t wait to see the movie coming out titled, Lincoln. Daniel Day Lewis doesn’t disappoint. I’m hoping to be reminded of one of Lincoln’s famous quotes that goes something like, “A house divided cannot stand.” He was thinking of our country, I would like to challenge us to think about the root of our divisive nature with others. The odd part of that thought is that we are all that ourselves. We are all a house divided.

I am a house divided.

All humans experience this within if they allow themselves the time to take a peek. Most get busy instead. Most find the look within too painful so they simply choose to look away. Chronic pain, we tell ourselves, is better than the intensity of the acute stuff. And, oddly enough, we’re mostly right until suddenly something beyond our control sends us the acute stuff in the form of some kinda sudden shit storm. Now we’ve got a system filled to the lid with chronic of choice, suddenly erupting with an intensity that spills beyond our borders. We crack. Some of us break apart into a million pieces. A few stand.

The best bet for standing in the storm, is putting yourself into more acute pain NOW. Becoming comfortable being uncomfortable, if you will. Slowly learning to STOP avoiding the REAL, HARD, WORK of building within and begin to face your divided self and unify within. Acute pain of your own choosing prepares you to stand. Nothing really special on the surface. Nothing fancy. Nothing dramatic. Just standing will be enough. STAND.

You and I are a house divided. Unify within. Unity with another, once you’ve done the hard building within, won’t be so daunting. Face your divided self, FIRST. God, help me get busy building within. God, help me see my own contradictions and change them. God, help me see where I’m choosing chronic pain and replace it with the acute variety. God, help me see that standing in the storm is more than enough. God, help me…