Not Beyond Redemption

I was in Barnes and Noble last night. I came across a dust jacket quote that was like throwing a rock though a plate-glass window. "No human being should be considered beyond the reach of redemption." ~ John Lewis.

There have been more than a few times in my life that I've struggled, trying to recover or resuscitate something within myself that I thought was gone or dead, but still valuable to me. It was motivated by my effort to somehow be a "better," person.

Despite this motivation, there were and are moments in "everyday" mind that I myself could not see how some past action or aspect of my character could be remedied, changed, fixed, adjusted for the better. And yet somehow that "impossible change," did in fact happen. That place where impossible change can happen is sometimes called "grace," or "a miracle," or "redemption." It's that sense of "hope," that maybe...

No matter what we call It, there are two sides to this coin. While the principle of redemption is not giving up on us, we too have to commit in not giving up on ourselves. That's critical. No matter how tired, angry, or disappointed We may get, never give up. It's within the process and narrative that we can and are redeemed. It's just useful to remember that it's a process and not an event.

Today as John Lewis said, I want to not just remember, but experience that "No human being should be considered beyond the reach of redemption." I'd like too think and image that we are truly worthy of that as individuals and a collective.

May Your Life Go Well,

Jaye Seiho Morris, Curator
digitalZENDO

Comments

[Tony]

i cannot see past those who harm children and animals to offer redemption. its something i sit on regularly.