"the loneliness of the boarding homes is a communal project. We each do our part when we rush and don’t meet each other in the eye, when we allow our stigmas to brush over the particularity of human beings standing before us." Is this not the heart of the matter? The rushing past the miraculous in order to chase after that of little import? To dwell in wonder, is to sit face to face with the other. And this is what you were doing as the barber, Madelaine - dwelling right in the midst of the sacred. We are all blessed by your courage, for it seeds itself into the universe and uplifts us all.
This is so light and heavy at the same time, thank you for sharing!
Particularly poignant for me at this time in trying to make a difference like you do Maddy
"the loneliness of the boarding homes is a communal project. We each do our part when we rush and don’t meet each other in the eye, when we allow our stigmas to brush over the particularity of human beings standing before us." Is this not the heart of the matter? The rushing past the miraculous in order to chase after that of little import? To dwell in wonder, is to sit face to face with the other. And this is what you were doing as the barber, Madelaine - dwelling right in the midst of the sacred. We are all blessed by your courage, for it seeds itself into the universe and uplifts us all.