I have always been a huge admirer and applaud your new noble venture. I’m not sure if I’m up for Substack relationship, but at least want to commend you.
Wishing all the best and may you forever continue to improve this world we live in.
Very glad to see you here on Substack, Abby. I have a hard time keeping pace on LinkedIn where you often post thoughtful provocations. Excited to have the distillation here. Also - way to stick to it with the silent retreat in the face of tantalizing temptations and the pressures of life.
“Namely, rehearsal is doubt; the real path to preparation is presence. If I can be here now, I can be there then!”
—Abby Flaik
May God etch your voice on the stone of this earth for eons to come, Abby.
Your retelling and added choice of poetry to match hurt me, like the red part of a match striking the black.
I only know how to speak and write and vote and fair and close and open and intro and outline and respond to stories like this with words willing to be extra emotional and extravagant in their confession.
No one around me cares to release themselves to the thought of receiving the revelation you just evangelized more carefully and intentionally than most pastors do. Not because they don’t want to mirror your model. They’ve just become hired hands from the voices of the crow(d), being devoured, barely escaping by the skin of their teeth to preach a message they hope keeps their job and gets the crow(d)s off their back.
But you speak. You listen. You give. You receive.
You follow the rhythm most ignore, and wonder why they feel “off” beat when life plays an unfamiliar song.
To put it plainly, thank you (again) for planting this community and sowing the seeds of your experiences, expressions, awareness, and transcendent triumphs through them all.
I’m changed and being changed more and more by being a part of The Flight School (and by becoming a larger part of myself in the process).
Dear Abby,
I have always been a huge admirer and applaud your new noble venture. I’m not sure if I’m up for Substack relationship, but at least want to commend you.
Wishing all the best and may you forever continue to improve this world we live in.
Blessings always,
Matt
Very glad to see you here on Substack, Abby. I have a hard time keeping pace on LinkedIn where you often post thoughtful provocations. Excited to have the distillation here. Also - way to stick to it with the silent retreat in the face of tantalizing temptations and the pressures of life.
Hurray! So glad you're here ; )
“Namely, rehearsal is doubt; the real path to preparation is presence. If I can be here now, I can be there then!”
—Abby Flaik
May God etch your voice on the stone of this earth for eons to come, Abby.
Your retelling and added choice of poetry to match hurt me, like the red part of a match striking the black.
I only know how to speak and write and vote and fair and close and open and intro and outline and respond to stories like this with words willing to be extra emotional and extravagant in their confession.
No one around me cares to release themselves to the thought of receiving the revelation you just evangelized more carefully and intentionally than most pastors do. Not because they don’t want to mirror your model. They’ve just become hired hands from the voices of the crow(d), being devoured, barely escaping by the skin of their teeth to preach a message they hope keeps their job and gets the crow(d)s off their back.
But you speak. You listen. You give. You receive.
You follow the rhythm most ignore, and wonder why they feel “off” beat when life plays an unfamiliar song.
To put it plainly, thank you (again) for planting this community and sowing the seeds of your experiences, expressions, awareness, and transcendent triumphs through them all.
I’m changed and being changed more and more by being a part of The Flight School (and by becoming a larger part of myself in the process).
💫
Wow, Darryl. I can't imagine a greater boost of encouragement. So grateful for your thoughts -- and so fortunate to have you here!
(*Said all of that and misspelled your last name by mistake. 😓 My apologies Abby “Falik.” Please, forgive my autocorrect. 😅 🙏🏾)