“… ons het in hierdie wêreld geen vaste verblyfplek nie, ons is op soek na die toekomstige” (Hebreërs 13:14).

Om ter wille van die behoud van ons kosbare aarde op te staan teen boosheid en onreg, vra onder meer dat ons op aarde pelgrims sal wees.

Mense wat doelbewus kies vir ‘n ander styl van lewe – een van groter refleksie, groeiende sensitiwiteit en meer sorg.

Oor wat die lewe van ‘n pelgrim in dié verband behels, skryf die skrywer, Patricia Schonstein, aangrypend:

“How we travel our life’s journey is largely up to us. We can live in the shallows, if we want to. We can live without ever seeking meaning. We can live as consumers of things that have no intrinsic value.

“But we can also live with depth, electing wisdom. And, if we so choose, we can make of our lives a pilgrimage.

“The pilgrim soon learns that it’s essential to discard the heavy baggage of the small ego – its bad attitude, its weaponry, its greed, its selfishness and its potential for malice. The pilgrim learns to live in the now; to absorb the beauty of creation; to listen to the music of life; to recognise the Divine within the everyday.

“The pilgrim chooses to walk with an attitude of benevolence toward all living things.”

Is dit nodig om méér te sê?

O Here, leer ons vandag opnuut om soos pelgrims te leef. Gee tog groter diepte en sensitiwiteit aan ons lewe. Amen

Carel Anthonissen