Z,
We will run into people
all the time. It is important to note that no human is truly harmful or helpful
by themselves. They are a complex web of experiences, expectations,
disappointments, and the desperation we all share. We have our own webs too.
When these planets collide, there is no telling what will emerge from the
rubble. You have to learn to look at yourself in that light. We can be damaged,
and we can also be the damage.
There is nothing to fear
in temporary things. All damage is temporary. The human body is no match for
the human soul. Jesus said: do not fear the person who can only harm your body.
There is something eternal about the human experience. These present stakes are not as
high as long and loud sermons tell us. In an eternal sense, they are much higher than
all that. From the cheap seats of our present life, the stakes are that we
learn from every rumble and the rubble that ensues. We do not learn avoidance
but release. We do not learn how to avoid other planets. We learn how to put it
all in context. The thing will look better in the full light of day. That day
has not yet come. We learn we are on a collision course with something grander.
Perhaps, our own true state.