{"id":575,"date":"2011-09-30T17:05:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/?p=575"},"modified":"2011-10-05T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T15:37:15","slug":"le-courage-par-simon-parke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/?p=575","title":{"rendered":"‘Le courage…’ par Simon Parke"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Le courage sous la surface’<\/span> :<\/p>\n

Je contemple une fleur. Plus encore que sa d\u00e9licieuse beaut\u00e9, c’est son courage que j’admire ce matin. Voici une authentique histoire de courage qui va au-del\u00e0 du sens du devoir.<\/p>\n

Je me rappelle quand elle n’\u00e9tait encore qu’une graine, petit objet dur et autosuffisant. Dans cet \u00e9tat, rien ne laissait pr\u00e9sager la gloire tout en couleur qui s’offre maintenant \u00e0 moi. Elle restait cach\u00e9e dans un paquet de graines oubli\u00e9 dans le fond d’un tiroir pendant des ann\u00e9es, ne manifestant aucun signe que ce soit. Si je n’\u00e9tait pas tomb\u00e9 dessus par hasard en cherchant des allumettes, cette graine y serait encore.<\/p>\n

Cependant, une fois sortie du paquet et plant\u00e9e dans le sol, la graine a choisi sa propre mort. Elle a permis au sol de venir \u00e0 bout de sa petite existence limit\u00e9e. Tout ce qu’elle connaissait \u00e0 son sujet a cess\u00e9 d’exister, remplac\u00e9 par un terrifiant vide de transformation et de lutte.<\/p>\n

Un tel courage et, dois-je ajouter, une telle confiance.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tir\u00e9 de : ‘M\u00e9ditation minute’ de Simon Parke (http:\/\/www.simonparke.com\/<\/a>) Available on amazon. co.uk (http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

‘Courage beneath the surface’:<\/span><\/p>\n

I contemplate the flower. Yet more than delighting in its beauty this morning, I find myself admiring its courage. Truly, here is a story of courage beyond the call of duty.<\/p>\n

I remember it when it was a seed, you see – a rather hard and self-contained little object. In that state there was nothing to link it with the colourful glory I now view. It stayed hidden in a seed packet at the back of my drawer for years, showing no signs of anything. And, if I hadn’t come across it when looking for some matches, it would have stayed there a good deal longer.<\/p>\n

But here’s the thing: once taken from the packet and put in the soil, it chose its own death. It allowed the soil to dismantle its boundaried little existence. It meant the end of everything it knew of itself, a terrible void of change and struggle.<\/p>\n

Such courage and, I have to say, such trust.<\/em><\/p>\n

Taken from: ‘One-Minute Mystic’ by Simon Parke (http:\/\/www.simonparke.com\/<\/a>). Available on amazon.co.uk (http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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