The Narrow Gate

I think this quote from Eberhard Arnold really articulates what I think of when I read Jesus' encouragement to enter through the narrow gate.  The simpler, the more expansive. That is the gift of traveling light.  
"Our life will become not narrower, but broader; not more limited, but more boundless; not more regulated, but more abundant; not more pedantic, but more bounteous; not more sober, but more enthusiastic; not more faint-hearted, but more daring; not more empty and human, but more filled by God; not sadder, but happier; not more incapable, but more creative. All this is Jesus and his spirit of freedom and peace. He is coming to us. Let us go into his future radiant with joy!"   


 Plough, Daily Dig, September 22, 2019

photograph:  Butchart Gardens, British Columbia, August 2019