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\nWhat would be if we could each help one another remember the ways in which we matter, the ways in which are are unarguably of value, the ways in which our mere presence is a gift? Perhaps it would help us find some respite from the strong cultural pressures to think of ourselves as incomplete, or faulty, or missing something. Perhaps it would help us give up equating our value with our looks, our circumstances, our difficulty. And maybe it would give us the courage to respond to the world when our response is most called for.
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\n\n\nThis week's Turning Towards Life is a conversation about how we might give one another the gift of a profound kindness - remembering our goodness - hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.\n\n
\nThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify.
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\nHere's our source for this week:
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\nAs You Have Done for Me
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\n\n\nIf you were here
\nI would put my hand
\non your heart
\nand hold it there
\nuntil our breaths
\nbecame a single tide,
\nhold it there until
\nI could feel the moment
\nwhen you remember
\nyour infinite value.
\nIt\u2019s so easy to forget
\nwe are treasure.
\nSo easy to lose track
\nof our own immeasurable worth.
\nThe chest rusts shut.
\nWe think we are empty.
\nAmazing how easily
\nwe are fooled into believing
\nwe\u2019re paupers.
\nSometimes it takes another
\nto remind us
\nwe have always been
\nnot only the treasure
\nbut also the key.
\nThough the hinges
\nare a metaphor,
\nthe treasure is not.
\nWe were made to open,
\nto share our priceless gift,
\nto press our hands
\nto each other\u2019s hearts
\nuntil we all remember.\n\n
\nby Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
\nahundredfallingveils.com
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\n\n\nPhoto by Dan Farrell on Unsplash\n