Yes! May we rediscover the prudent use of our good judgment, may we dare to increase our ability to listen to our conscience when thinking generously yet critically about actions, ours and other people's.
I like when you say: "Forgiving, including forgiving ourselves, is one way to let people know that despite less than admirable actions, they are still worthy of respect and we believe that they can do better."
Unfortunately, for a tiny minority of people whose actions repeatedly trampled the sanctity of every single human life and spirit, it would not be wise to blindly believe that they will do better any time soon. In those situations, all I can do is pray and HOPE that they can do better... while staying out of their reach and protecting my loved ones.
And yet... how do i balance this prudence with love? The last few years have been and still are an increasingly dystopian normalized nightmare of transactional and utilitarian evaluation of human relationships that ends more and more in broken families, abandoned people, and euthanasia.
May God give us the strength and courage to learn how to love. Again.
Yes! May we rediscover the prudent use of our good judgment, may we dare to increase our ability to listen to our conscience when thinking generously yet critically about actions, ours and other people's.
I like when you say: "Forgiving, including forgiving ourselves, is one way to let people know that despite less than admirable actions, they are still worthy of respect and we believe that they can do better."
Unfortunately, for a tiny minority of people whose actions repeatedly trampled the sanctity of every single human life and spirit, it would not be wise to blindly believe that they will do better any time soon. In those situations, all I can do is pray and HOPE that they can do better... while staying out of their reach and protecting my loved ones.
And yet... how do i balance this prudence with love? The last few years have been and still are an increasingly dystopian normalized nightmare of transactional and utilitarian evaluation of human relationships that ends more and more in broken families, abandoned people, and euthanasia.
May God give us the strength and courage to learn how to love. Again.