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Roxana Chitu's avatar

Thomas Merton said, “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.” Maybe the beginning of community is the will to sit beside those we don’t yet understand, and let them be perfectly human.

I totally agree

Julia's avatar

Thank you for this. It brought to mind the Quaker singer/songwriter/musician @Carrie Newcomer’s song Room at the Table https://youtu.be/92OM5bdQ4N4?si=cCVQfik3jrLEKudI

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