"Everything belongs" - Father Richard Rohr OFM

I still wonder what the second half of life has in store for my religious and mystical training. There is a very telling pile of small books currently on my nightstand, all pocket-sized: A gospel/psalms, a Rule of St. Benedict, and three slim moleskine journals in my own hand: daily prayers (written when I was preparing for entering benedictine community), the journal from when I was taking my post-Temple degree initiations within the Rosicrucian Order (OSB=OSB after all), and the journal of my struggles to maintain the Rule while making my way in the world. God always uses everything and these experiences remain close to my core. [cross-posted from a facebook status update]