Diabolic Obstruction
- Fr. Thomas Colyandro

- 2 days ago
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Diabolic obstruction
is the
Dark art
of the
Closed door
Disguised as an open one.
It does not destroy the path
But complicates it.
Placing delay
Where there should be motion,
Doubt
Where there should be resolve.
There are hundreds of
'Reasonable' hesitations
'Good' intentions
'Better' suggestions
'Practical' ideas and
'Real' love.
Its genius is patience.
It rarely forbids outright.
It merely postpones ...
Qualifies ...
Entangles ...
Obfuscates.
It knows that a will deferred often enough
Will quietly forget what it once wanted.
Every obstacle wears the face of prudence:
'Not now'
'Not yet'
'Not like this.'
And so, the obstruction need never win a battle
Only prevent one from beginning.
What it obstructs is not action alone
But conviction itself
Until the unstarted journey
Comes to feel like a choice freely made.
Run from the darkness before it's too late.
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