Windows have a special wisdom to them. A window can serve as a protective barrier to prevent what we fear from getting too close. We shut the window to feel more safe. We can also, however, choose to open the window, and adjust how little or how much we want the opening to be. We open it wider when we want more to flow in from outside, and we decrease the opening when we need more time and space to be alone. The most beautiful thing about windows is that even in times when they are shut, good light can still shine through!
The windows in the photo here remind me of our own heart. We easily build high walls around or shut the door of our heart when we have been hurt. The higher the wall the safer! The stronger the lock on the door, the better. Or so we think. Until in the process, we end up shutting out our very capacity to receive and to feel love.
But our dear Lord would rather that we do away with walls and doors and instead, He prefers that we use windows. Windows that can be closed when we need to feel more safe, but that can also be opened when we finally decide we will allow ourselves to be more open to love and life from around us. The good Lord knows that as long as our heart has a window, His light can still shine through and reach us, even when we have closed the window and think we have successfully shut out the world.
This is wisdom of the window. It enables our heart to be touched by His light shining through, and to receive love and life again :=)
2 comments:
that window looks very familiar... is it a window from a building in tabor hill? :)
hi acey, these windows are located in a little prayer room within the san jose seminary, ateneo campus. they look quite nice against the outside light :=)
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