Well Pleased

“I’ve failed,” he asked his Father
“I have failed, isn’t that so?”…

Self Forgiveness

Until I learn myself forgive
I’ll never learn to forgive you

Forgive Myself

… I know heaven will not deny
Permission to forgive myself

No One Can do Everything

So you weren’t perfect — they weren’t either!
So they weren’t perfect — neither were we!
Give ourselves, and them, a breather…

Keep Turning

You’re not required to relive the mistake

A Good Thing

So a good thing for all it be
We scribble so compulsively
That by it others self may know…

Gifts of Love and Joy

… the acid test of friendship
Is recov’ry from a fall…

Quotation: The Crucial Difference ~ Kushner

Forgiveness is not a matter of exonerating people who have hurt you. They may not deserve exoneration…

Haiku: Plus One

Son, you just hit
Seventy times seven…

Conscious Returns

I hope the while ~
For all of my own failings,
You will return my smile