"The accused stands helpless before the judge.
Pen is poised to determine right from wrong.
In one arbitrary stroke,
Life is decided."
Doesn't judgment always come down to who has the power? And how that power is used? If I could take but one moment to withhold a passing judgmental thought, a fleeting word of condemnation, how much more power would be mine neither to possess nor to use, but to share. In my teaching, in my relationships, may nothing be arbitrary, but everything be generous and purposeful, helpful and life-affirming.
Pen is poised to determine right from wrong.
In one arbitrary stroke,
Life is decided."
Doesn't judgment always come down to who has the power? And how that power is used? If I could take but one moment to withhold a passing judgmental thought, a fleeting word of condemnation, how much more power would be mine neither to possess nor to use, but to share. In my teaching, in my relationships, may nothing be arbitrary, but everything be generous and purposeful, helpful and life-affirming.
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