The way out

We are all of us marred and scarred and imperfect. We make mistakes. We do things we deeply regret. We are tempted and sometimes we give into that temptation. Not because we are bad or weak but because we are human. We are a crowd of faults. But know this… There is always a road back. If we have the courage to look for it and to take it. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I don't know. I need help. These are the signposts. The cardinal directions.

                                                                        From “A Great Reckoning” by Louise Penny

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we are human

make no mistake about it

we are those who know both good and evil

and participate in both

“Evil is unspectacular and always human,

And shares our bed and eats at our own table,

And we are introduced to Goodness every day.

Even in drawing-rooms among a crowd of faults”  (WH Auden)

There are times

Too many times, when we want to give up

Not on life, or others

But on ourselves

We believe we are too far gone

Too much time has past

Our faults, our errors are simply

Too great

But there is always a way back

The way is not likely to be easy

It might well be painful

It might involve being humbled

Even humiliated

It will often mean we will hear words we don’t want to hear

And come to know things we wish we didn’t know

About life, others

But mostly, ourselves

But we are Sacred Children

We carry Divine DNA

We are call to carry the image of the Sacred

which for some of us, means we feel called to carry the image of Christ

Which means, for some of us, that we are called to carry a cross

Which simply means that we are called to carry pain and hurt

To pick it up

Our pain

Our hurt

But also that of others

We are called to pick it up…

But then follow

Follow the way of love

Of compassion, generosity, welcome, acceptance, humility, kindness

“I'm sorry. I was wrong. I don't know. I need help”

“I hear you”  “I care”  “I am here”

For that is

The way out