I believe…
-- in chocolate
-- in praying and working for peace in my home, my neighbourhood, my world--and that reconciliation is often harder than violence
-- in the arc of redemption, in observing the ongoing tension between entropy and development with wide-eyed, utopian hope that beauty and goodness will win out in the end
-- in water process decaf filling my cup, and cold glasses of water, and milky red tea, as the antidote to doldrums and aches and most everything
-- in intergenerational friendships
-- in education, and the power of conversation and the printed word
-- that art is the answer to many problems, both private and public
-- that Jesus is the Way, Truth, and Life (a belief that comes to me not through logic or the rational mind but through a deep, abiding sense of things: I have been wooed by a Lover, soothed by a Comforter, challenged by a Holy Fire)
-- that Christians are often the reason folks (justifiably!) dislike Christianity
-- in the restorative power of cotton sheets
-- in reading as a spiritual exercise
-- in the restorative power of an old fashioned glazed donut (always nutmeggy cake; never those feathery yeasted puffs of air)
-- that Love is stronger than Death
(thanks to write ALM for the inspiration)
oh yes, so much of your list resonates! and intergenerational friendships are the best kind :)
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