Remembering Covid’s Grace

A prison is anywhere you are not free. A career, a relationship, a mindset, habits, anything.

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The Queen maintained a lifetime of diplomatic motivation. Unparalleled Grace. So many world leaders she knew and interacted with over 70-ish years. Is it possible she loved them all? Did she ever feel like a prisoner?

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Bless us with Grace

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Grace facilitates peace. Peace returns the favor.

Bless us, the undeserving, with Grace.

We are broken yet beautiful.

We are perfectly imperfect.

We are nothing without God’s (or the Universe’s) Love.

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Periodic table for values

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Tattoo from a gym member’s leg.

Periodic table for values?

The idea happened this morning after a phone call while walking to Publix (grocery store).

The friend who asked for career advice texted me afterwards and said he needs to put post-it notes everywhere. And each note would hold only one word…

Grace

To which i thought might raise too many questions.

Solution to avoid controversy?

Gc

Write Gc instead of the word. When asked, use a creative answer that is true yet raises no questions.

Then i wondered about the periodic table.

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Tailgater grace

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Yesterday. Joy to the world is so appropriate. Every day. All day.

Tailgater grace?

Yes.

On the two-lane road behind Disney University, a driver began tailgating my car.

Younger versions of me had varying degrees of impatience, anger, retaliation, etc.

Those pangs are still mildly felt occasionally.

They surfaced for an instant yesterday and in an instant, they evaporated.

Pulled into the subdivision right-hand turning lane and let the tailgater pass.

Eased back onto the highway and life was instantly peaceful again.

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Palm Sunday Grace = Overwhelmed

 

At Chruch yesterday with a standing room only crowd (2k+-) as the Deacon, the Priest, and i read the Palm Sunday story to our congregation – a stunning moment…

Deacon played the narrator, Father John portrayed Jesus, the congregation played the part of “the crowd”, and i proclaimed the voice of assorted other characters in the story.

Five minutes into the 15-minute group narration, i lost my place.

Panic.

Unbelievable embarrassment.

Then more panic, if that was even possible.

The harder i worked to scan the reading to find where we were, the worse it got.

Deacon Larry covered for me by reading two of my parts.

Disney taught me to stay calm under pressure.

i left my position, walked over to the cantor, apologized and “begged” for help.

In the end, it all worked out.

The blessing was that Chapin got to see my hugely public “mistake” and how i handled it.

These moments don’t define us, our reaction and recovery do.

 

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