Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of
contemplative spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the
passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis at
midlife, when life seemed to have lost meaning and how her
longing for hasty escape from the pain yielded to a
discipline of “active waiting.” Comparing her experience to
the formative processes inside a chrysalis on a wintry tree
branch, Kidd reflects on the fact that the soul is often
symbolized as a butterfly. The simple cocoon, a living
parable of waiting, becomes an icon of hope for the
transformation that the author sought. Kidd charts her
re-ascent from the depths and offers a new understanding of
the passage away from the false self, which is based upon
others’ expectations, to the true self of God’s unfolding
intention. Her wise, inspiring book helps those in doubt and
crisis recognize the opportunity to “dismantle old masks and
patterns and unfold a deeper, more authentic self.” When the
Heart Waits, which first appeared in hardcover in 1990, has
been embraced by thousands of spiritual seekers from many
backgrounds and has become an enduring classic in Christian
spirituality.
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