Tuesday in the Second Week in Lent

Have you ever seen an inchworm crawl up a leaf or a twig, and then, clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something, to reach something? That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have footing. -- Albert P. Ryder

There are two ways to read this quote.The first is to be secure in one's footing before you reach out to a new adventure or calling. It implies that we must be first secure before venturing out, not taking risky chances, or reaching for something beyond our grasp.

I prefer a different interpretation. To go out into our world without the security of a strong foothold beneath us. We should reach beyond our comfort zone and explore the unknown. I believe that if we search for our true selves and God's call we must go beyond our "grasp, and go beyond where we have ever gone before, exploring new planets...." Beyond our grasp is the world we are meant to habitate. It takes that leap of faith much like Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade."

Either way we are searching.