Tag: compassion
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The Nacre of Survival
**The Nacre of Survival** After all the operations, after the slow unraveling, I trace the shimmer left behind, a pearl forming in the absence of what was— the weight of my steps lighter, not in grace, but in uncertainty mixed with hope. I do not run anymore Yet, I watch Tom Cruise sprint, sprint— limbs…
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One Tough Dog
The dog had been shot and knew of pain-the bullet that enters from a mean master dishing out daily doses of cruelty. The dog, had slinkedaway to die, but lived— the bullet scared over, resting perilously close to his heart,rubbing silently against muscle and bone.You didn’t find him. someone kinder did,took him to the shelter,where…
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Nun Sense
Sister Dorothea would whack my knuckles with the flat edge of a desk ruler trying to knock some nun sense into me every five times I messed up on fractions. She had that well lived-in roundness the faithful get after hard years of serving Christ in the smallest crosses of existence. From the back she…