People will do almost anything to not feel pain,
including causing pain and abusing power;
Brene
Brown
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pain is part of life
we all hurt in one way or another
in this age of my decrepitude
everything hurts
and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work
shoulders, back, knees
and yes, even toes
twinge and throb as I wander through the mundane motions
of life
my mind hurts
struggling to remember appointments and names
fumbling facts and concepts
clumsy
my heart and soul hurt too
those deep places that have become
a dump in which all kinds of garbage junk and debris have
been tossed
by a negligent and uncaring world
hate and greed
lies, repeated and repeated again
fraud
abuse of power
violence
we run from pain
running we get lost
and wander through the days
as disembodied souls
unable to connect with our own self
and with others
unable to find our way back
to original blessing
to Sacred childhood
unable to find out way back to community
this is a place we cannot abide
the very fabric of our being cries out in protest
helpless we rage
sometimes we strike out
futilely grasping for power in a vain attempt to stop the
pain
creating pain to avoid pain
sometimes we seek only to numb
wandering into the coldness of detachment
we become destructive or hopeless
this is no way to live
this is not living
this is not reflecting the imago Dei
our Sacred nature
There is more to us than our pain
Woven into the fabric of our being are love, hope, joy,
and peace
how then do we live?
we live aware, noticing and accepting the pain
(and all our other emotions)
we live expressing, naming and claiming the pain
(and the love)
we chose rather than react
overtly creating meaning, and sculpting our responses
choosing what we live out, what we pass on
Jesus faced pain
The pain of rejection
The pain of watching those he had taught forget
everything
The pain of physical torture and torturous death
He chose his response
Abba, forgive them
He chose to pass on his love, not his pain
This is how we find our way back
This is how we rise
This is how the kingdom comes
This is how we live as carriers of the image
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