It all comes down to where our heart is

“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”

                             Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: First Part

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It really does matter

what is in there

deep down at the center of who we are

The Sacred is there

but sometimes squeezed into such a small space

we can barely find it

love too

and compassion

but also hate and fear

If I carry hate in my heart

I will see hate

I will see hateful Muslims

Hateful black people

If I carry avarice

It will see every situation and person

As something to be used for my benefit

It seems clear to me

that all to many of us are carrying

cancers in our souls

we see the results every day

I want to carry Sacred

So that I can see Sacred in everything

In the sky, the clouds, the sun, the rain

But more importantly

In everyone

If I can see each person as one who carries in themselves

Sacred Presence

Then I can see each person as one joined to me

Not on the surface (that is for sure)

But in that deep place that determines who we are

That person, black, white

male, female

young, old

rich, poor

Muslim Christian

Is just like me

Child of God

Child of God

Child of God

Child of God*

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*  This refrain came, I believe, originally from

    Nadia Bolz Weber