Giving Ourselves Grace

05/08/2021 2 min Episodio 154
Giving Ourselves Grace

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Episode Synopsis


The next time I'm feeling frustrated with myself, not living up to my expectations for my day or for my life, please read me the poem, Grace, by Morgan Harper Nichols.  She writes:
 
            You have never shamed the waves
            for not arriving on the ocean shore
            any sooner than they were meant to
 
            and you have never looked above you
            to guilt the clouds for taking their time
            as they cross the noonday sky.
 
            You simply accept:  these clouds must travel
            at whatever pace they need to.
 
            Oh,
            what a difference
            it would make if you gave yourself
            this same grace."[1]
 
[1] Nichols, Morgan Harper. "Morgan Harper Nichols." Facebook. 25 Apr. 2021. Web. 08 July 2021.