The "Yes Win" Situation

Like James T Kirk I don't believe in the no win situation. Failure is only an indication that you haven't succeeded yet, not an excuse to stop trying. Look at Nelson Mandela in Robin Island, he didn't give up when they took everything away from him and locked him up, and out of a seemingly impossible situation he succeeded. The list of people who have succeeded when they should have failed is not endless, but it is much longer than we think. Mandela, Bishop Tutu, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, and the ultimate example of failure that is success - Jesus.

The idea of mutual unconditional love is definitely a vote looser to those who prize immediate success above everything else, which in today’s modern western society appears to be just about everyone (or at least according to the media, everyone that matters).

The ultimate truth is all about the last being first "unless you are like this little child" - always trusting, always learning, and always making mistakes.

And now for the poetry...........

Hard Rubbish

Forgiveness is like a hard rubbish collection

We must put on the kerb

All the things we collect daily

Or by the hour

Or by the minute

Or by the second

And let go of them completely

And immediately

If we clutter up the present moment

With the past

Or the future

We lose it

But it's not easy to do

The vagaries of life

Hang round in the unconscious

Like an inconvenient unpleasant odor

That we tend to blame on others

Or on God

Or the devil

And blame is counterproductive

Even blaming ourselves

Is only a hole to fall into

Repentance is not about blame

It's about resurrection

And the fall

Can only be understood

In the light of the cross

And it's aftermath

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Sacrament

Celebration of suffering

Celebration of mercy

Celebration of forgiveness

Celebration of sacrifice

Celebration of death

Celebration of life

Celebration of joy

Celebration of spirit

Celebration of truth

Celebration of love

Celebration of unity