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Elizabeth Browning



Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Circle of Compassion


What cannot be held alone
Can be held in community

it does not matter what the unbearable burden is
loss
failure
fear
depression

inner demons that will not let one go

when we are isolated and alone
these things can fragment us
literally tear us apart

leaving us scattered

and wondering
how many times a person can break
before the pieces are too small to piece back together

what cannot be held alone
can be held with a circle of compassion

we need each other
we need community
not a faux community full of pretense and posturing
full of rigidity and judgment

not a community that is full of people
worrying about who is right and who is wrong
who is in and who is out

but a community where the Sacred is Present
and people are bound together
by the power of Sacred love

and all joys
and pains
are held

together

eucharisto

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