PART TWO

We live in a society that praises achievement. But what if the best thing we can do for true success is embrace our limitations? Marlena Graves, a spiritual formation expert who is published in a variety of venues, is the author of the book “The Way Up is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself.” She believes that the way to a whole life is through the process of emptying oneself in order to move upward toward God. 

Busyness often distracts us from the thoughts and emotions that have welled up in us. In a time where the world is definitively more still, Marlena believes the Coronavirus quarantine is an opportunity to slow down and pay attention. She challenges and instructs listeners on how to cultivate spaces to hear the still small voice of God. In a counter-cultural way, the way to be more is to be less.