Seeking the Wisdom of Elders

I have been seeking out wisdom from true elders that have walked on this earth, to learn from them and perhaps find that steady sense of abiding trust that they held gently. The late John O'Donohue is a personal favorite. For years, I have relied heavily upon his incredible offering, "To Bless the Space Between Us" and am currently reading "Walking In Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World." The image above is an abbreviated quote from it. Here is the full quote:

“To be born is to be chosen. None of us is accidentally in the world. We are sent here because there is something special for each of us to do here that could not be done by someone else. One of the wisdoms of living a full life is to try and sense what it is you were sent here for and to try and let the hindrances that block you from that fall away so that you can claim completely the life that was so generously offered to you. We were all reared in a world that concentrated on sin and sinfulness, but I believe that when we come into the eternal world we won’t so much be checked for our failures, but we will be asked whether we honored the possibilities that were placed inside us when we were so carefully fashioned out of the clay. There are limitless possibilities within each one of us and, if we give ourselves any chance at all, it is unknown what we are capable of.”

O'Donohue, John; Quinn, John. Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World (p. 104). (Function). Kindle Edition.

What I love is that he uses the word "unknown" in the last line, not as something that is to be feared or faced white knuckled but rather something to marvel at, something to hope in--"It is unknown what we are capable of"--what wonderful, breathtaking, loving magic are we capable of my friends? So much.

Peace be with you.