(continued from previous days)
The desert way is a journey of hard work, perseverance, and tenacity. The ammas teach us that the desert becomes the place of a mature repentance and conversion toward transformation into true radical freedom. The ammas recognized and respected the diversity of call. Each of us is invited to let the ammas be our guide. We will each express this in our own unique way. Amma Syncletica told her followers,
Not all courses are suitable for all people. Each person should have confidence in his own disposition, because for many it is profitable to live in a community. And for others it is helpful to withdraw on their own. For just as some plants become more flourishing when they are in humid location, while others are more stable in drier conditions, so also among humans, some flourish in the higher places, while other achieve salvation in the lower places.
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