From Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar In The World:
“Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse. To decide to make things better can cost you bundles of self-interest. To decide to make things worse generally feels more powerful”
Indeed, that short menu of options presents itself many times a day: a) make things better, or b) make things worse. Of course, the choice is not always labeled so clearly. It may take some effort to distinguish ‘better” or “worse,” and yes, it may turn out occasionally that I was wrong, that my choice of “better” ended up being “worse.” Still, I chose “better” in earnest. Enter grace, forgiveness, and the chance to choose again.
It occurs to me... 