Summary of Sue Monk Kidd's When the Heart Waits

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I had been lost in a crisis of spirit for some months. I had woken up to a growing darkness and cacophony, as if something in me was crying out. A chorus of voices. Orphaned voices. They seemed to speak for all the unlived parts of me.
#2 I was having a midlife crisis, and I didn’t know what was happening to me. I was feeling lost and empty, and I didn’t know what to do. I had never experienced anything like this before.
#3 I had been drawing a tent in the middle of some wind- howling woods. I had been a tent dweller, someone who had little self-validation or autonomy, and who tended to define life by others’ expectations and projections.
#4 The midlife transition between the first half of life, which is spent developing the ego, and the second half, which is spent developing the full and true self, is like a difficult birth.

Sujets

• Religion
• Spirituality
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 22 septembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350030747
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Sue Monk Kidd's When the Heart Waits
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had been lost in a crisis of spirit for some months. I had woken up to a growing darkness and cacophony, as if something in me was crying out. A chorus of voices. Orphaned voices. They seemed to speak for all the unlived parts of me.

#2

I was having a midlife crisis, and I didn’t know what was happening to me. I was feeling lost and empty, and I didn’t know what to do. I had never experienced anything like this before.

#3

I had been drawing a tent in the middle of some wind- howling woods. I had been a tent dweller, someone who had little self-validation or autonomy, and who tended to define life by others’ expectations and projections.

#4

The midlife transition between the first half of life, which is spent developing the ego, and the second half, which is spent developing the full and true self, is like a difficult birth.

#5

When we are faced with a midlife crisis, we must somehow find the courage to say yes to our more real, more Christ-like selves. We must let go of our old identities and illusions, and accept the chaos that comes with it.

#6

I wanted to find the part of me that I had lost while leaning on a nursery window along a quiet street. I had sought a counselor to help me cross over at midlife, but I hadn’t yet been able to find my own vision of transformation.

#7

I had to find a way to deal with my crisis. I had a sudden realization that all the upheaval in my life was not just about pain but also about creativity. If I would only listen, I might hear these times beckoning me to a season of waiting.

#8

The soul and the butterfly are metamorphosed. While it may seem that the growth and emergence of your authentic self will happen without much effort on your part, that isn’t the case. Waiting provides the space and time necessary for grace to occur.

#9

The images of the butterfly emerged in different forms, and they were everywhere I looked. They came to me unbidden as gifts, on cards, wrapping paper, necklaces, books, paperweights, posters, and drawings.

#10

We must read our own obituary to die to the old and open the door to the knock of waiting. We must trust the process enough to go into the circle and stay there until the time comes for emergence.

#11

The waiting process is a dangerous one, as it can lead to depression. It is important to remember that in waited-ness, we find everything we need to grow.

#12

The long way around is the only way to change. When you wait, you’re choosing to take the long way, going eight blocks instead of four, and trusting that there’s a transforming discovery lying along the way.

#13

In the spiritual life, the long way round is the saving way. It’s not the quick and easy religion we’re accustomed to. It’s deep and difficult, but it leads into the vortex of the soul where we touch God’s transformative powers.