I am white.
I am male.
I am middle class.
I have an ego that conceals insecurity through:
“niceness”,
defensiveness,
and self-centeredness.
This is who I am –
categories and words used to describe, contain, and limit.
I apologize to the self I was created to be.
I see you as a race.
I speak to you loudly because you are not native to these shores.
I define you by your age.
I buy into roles because of your gender.
I have been uncomfortable because of your sexual orientation –
prejudices and definitions born out of fear, insecurity, and environment.
I apologize to those other than myself.
We are created in the image of the Creator;
the One, when asked to be defined, answered, “I am that I am”.
It is not binary labels that define us . . . or others;
those are for our own safety and control.
It is our is-ness –
the truth that we are;
the truth of who we are;
created by the Creator;
imprinted with the Designer’s image –
the One who cannot be defined –
that makes us “one-of-a-kind” and limitless.
This is our essence.
And our essence –
our being,
our is-ness,
from the beginning,
has been declared good…
very, very good.
I really love this one, Greg – the words and the picture are so profoundly real and true.
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Thanks Maggie. It’s that “Just Be It” thing.
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