A Monumental Poem...
Not all the voices we hear in our mind are true, nor do they all point toward where we actually want to go. Discerning the difference is crucial... even more so in the age of AI.
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This week I’m making a shift: I will present a poem from a song by Lauren Daigle, a singer who is relatively unknown outside of certain circles.
Poetry, unlike prose or narrative, uses suggestion to invite you to formulate the story within yourself. It is one of the richest literary disciplines we have because it condenses an abundance of meaning and emotion to present a profound vision of what is true and most real. In reality, the depth of what you manage to envision is your own harvest, not the author’s... yet it points you toward the depths of Being.
This poem is no different.
The poem begins with the most resounding confirmation of our human experience: besieged by circumstances, culture, and our own conscience, we recognize the voices in our head that declare us incapable more times than we would care to admit.
At the conclusion, I take the opportunity to offer a brief reflection.
You Say (lyrics)
I keep fighting voices in my mind
that say I’m not enough
Every single lie that tells me
I will never measure up
Am I more than just the sum
of every high and every low
Remind me once again just
who I am because I need to know
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And you say I am held when I am falling short
And when I don’t belong,
oh You say I am Yours
And I believe
Oh, I believe What
You say of me I believe
The only thing that matters now
is everything You think of me
In You I find my worth,
in You I find my identity
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And you say I am held when I am falling short
When I don’t belong,
oh You say I am Yours And I believe (I) Oh, I believe (I) What You say of me (I) Oh, I believe
Taking all I have, and now I’m laying it at Your feet You have every failure, God, You have every victory
You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing You say I am strong when I think I am weak And you say I am held when I am falling short When I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours And I believe (I) Oh, I believe (I) What You say of me (I) I believe Oh, I believe (I) Yes, I believe (I) What You say of me (I) I believe
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An Extraordinary Invitation
The great dilemma of the human being is also their greatest drama: the crossroads of our identity. Who I am is intimately intertwined with the voices I hear and the ones I follow; they mark my steps, orient my direction, and establish the pace of my life. There is a hunger within us, from which every other desire and yearning are mere reflections—this poem alludes to it—to be guided by the Spirit that completes us. Wisdom is that capacity to discern the path toward that fullness.
The truth is that when we search for it in the wrong places, life becomes dull and tasteless. Conversely, when we are well-oriented by it and obey it, our life becomes filled with meaning, regardless of the challenges or obstacles, because “we know where we are going.”
Wisdom does not present itself with grand displays or momentum, as happens with the urge to obtain wealth, fame, or recognition; it is a soft whisper that we hear at our existential core: the Heart. When the voices within us displace our goals and drive us to do what can in no way give meaning to our lives, it whispers:
“You are not that; that is why you suffer.”
When you hear its whisper and heed it—because something in you says, I Believe—then all the rivers of the vitality of Life and the Spirit invade your small existence. There lies the complete identity we seek and yearn for.
In that space, examine your psychological and cognitive relationship with AI. What voices echo through when you are using the tool, and what do they prompt in you? Perhaps they promise mastery unearned by time or toil; perhaps they expose the fragile shell of your authority; perhaps they tempt you with a glory not entirely your own. Or are you using AI to challenge your own assumptions, expose blind spots, and refine your discernment, rather than outsourcing your critical thinking?
You decide which voices you hear and what you open the door to in order to change your life. The question is crucial:
Do you want to open yourself to wisdom or to recognition?
Do you want to expand who you are or harvest what you have not sown?
The voice you believe and accept will transform your life... because you will ultimately obey it.
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.”
— Revelation 3:20
Listen to the song again and hear that voice... it is calling to your heart!
You only need to LISTEN, RECOGNIZE, and SURRENDER... and everything will begin to realign.
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