Sensibility and Skepticism:
Our sensibility brings the Skeptic forward to evaluate
the practicality of every situation. We weigh the
pros and cons, balancing them against each other,
and ascertaining the profitability the options hold
for us.
In that moment, what we like gives way to what we
fear. Our dreams submit to the bottom line, and
to common sense.
Through our experiences we are hard pressed to prove
that the skeptic was right or wrong. Most often
the opportunity passes, and is soon forgotten. Occasionally,
we live to see the opportunity lived out to full
fruition in someone who made the choice to act when
we submitted to the voice of the Skeptic. At times
we have missed great opportunity, and
other times we may have averted great disaster.
Desire and Trust:
Desire brings the Trusting One forward.
With our desire comes a hope of better things. Job
opportunities, fulfilling relationships, and adventures
abound. Our deepest desires are sensitized in the
shadow of the Trusting One.
In that moment, our fears give way to our dreams.
The bottom line and common sense submit to our deepest
passions.
Desire’s impetuous ways make an evaluation
of our trusting choices easily traceable. When our
trust has been violated by a bad relationship, we
see that once again we have chosen poorly, and our
trusting ways have come back to bite us. Job opportunities
go sour, and a moment of adventure becomes an injury
or a heartache. Yet desire’s good choices
have followed us through life with fulfillment,
and become something for which we can be proud.
Abraham: The Father of All
Those Who Trust
Sometime in the mid-twentieth century B.C., a man
named Abram left his home with his family, all his
belongings, and his servants. He headed west.
This move would begin a habit of moving which would
last the rest of his life. Periodically, he and
his ever growing community would break down their
tents, assemble their belongings, gather their herds,
bundle up their babies, and head off to a new location.
Abram’s first move was not made by the luring
promises of gold, which drew America’s young
to California, and Alaska in the 1800’s. It
was not for hope of freedom, like the flight of
England’s Puritan’s in the 17th century
(to Holland, the Bahamas, Belize, and most notably
America), which made Abram begin his nomadic journey.
It was a voice. A voice sent Abram packing.
Hearing voices from invisible sources is a reason
for declaring a person insane. Yet, for Abram, it
was the motivation for packing up all his belongings,
and moving to an unknown place, in an uncertain
direction. This move has become the model example
of trust for the world’s largest religions.
