May 6, 2011

Closeness to God is first experienced as closeness to others

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Closeness to God is first experienced as closeness to others. 4-27-11

There are personality types that are universally disliked. There are also individuals who are destructive, even murderous. Yet personality is not all there is to anyone. The experience of connection isn't dependent on how others talk to me or behave. Nor is it a matter of making someone like me. People want to feel liked by choice, not by force. If we can be or feel close to individuals who are miles away or even to people after they die, surely the potential exists to be at peace with those who are physically present.

Rechell Williams III
Corcoran State Prison, CA
http://betweenthebars.org/blogs/507/

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Puccesca Posted 13 years, 7 months ago. ✓ Mailed 13 years, 7 months ago   Favorite
People who are unpleasant, annoying, frightening, or just mean, often also have some surprising, unexpected goodness in them, too. People aren't always willing to see the goodness, though, because that takes a little effort, and makes it much harder to slap a label on someone and then just forget about them. I wonder about you, about who you are and what your world is like. I try to imagine it, and what it is like for you. That's not a really strong connection between us, and maybe it's just a passing connection, but it's a connection. You've reached someone.

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