Parable of the Talents

But the Church wasn’t only a religion. It was a community—my community. I didn’t want to be free of it. That would have been—had been—impossibly lonely. Everyone needs to be part of something.

“If God is Change, then…then who loves us? Who cares about us? Who cares for us?”
“We care for one another,” I said. “We care for ourselves and one another.” And I quoted,
“Kindness eases Change.
Love quiets fear.”
At that, she surprised me. She said, “Yes, I liked that one.” And she finished the quote:
“And a sweet and powerful
Positive obsession
Blunts pain,
Diverts rage,
And engages each of us
In the greatest,

The most intense
Of our chosen struggles.”

Did she struggle for life only out of habit, or because some part of her still hoped that there was something worth living for?

All too often, they were actually fought because inadequate leaders did not know what else to do.

We caused the problems: then we sat and watched as they grew into crises.

It would be more honest to say that the Pox was caused by our own refusal to deal with obvious problems in those areas.

Consider—

We are born

Not with purpose,

But with potential.