"Grandfather Energy"

Today, we have an interesting passage that talks about living. During our life, we learn about the many obstacles and problems life has. We learn that our health needs nurture; we learn about our day-to-day survival, we learn about unity. We learn about True Friendship and the absence of it. We are in a constant learning mode. We are always deciding how to react. In my opinion, those are the decisions that give us the experience. That life and death decision that we recognize when the eyes of those with experience identify.

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"Grandfather Energy"
A man of deep male energy is a truster of life. To be trusting is not to be naïve; it is to make judgments, recognizing what is life and what is death. Once you clarify what is life and what is death, you will be able to trust both of them. People who can’t distinguish between death and life can’t trust reality.
Trust is not making a virtuous decision; it’s not a leap of faith without any evidence. It’s recognizing that every human situation is a mixture of both life and death, that the big truths usually are complicated truths. We are a mixture of darkness and light, life and death. Every action we perform has some quality of life to it, yet some quality of fear and self-protection. When we can accept that there is no perfect anything, we can find peace in this world. As Jesus put it, “God alone is good” (Mark 10:18).
It takes a monumental act of courage and a tremendous humility to accept a paradoxical world. I think that is what “grand” fathers (and “grand” mothers!) can do. You probably don’t come to this full balance much before fifty years of age.
from A Man’s Approach to God by Richard Rohr