I wonder

Western Rose Window of Washington Cathedral

Here's something I found today that is very sobering indeed because I know I don't live this way. And yet I would like to. And I truly do believe that this is the way we are meant to treat each other - are called to treat each other:

I wonder what would happen if

I treated everyone like I was in love

with them, whether I like them or not

and whether they respond or not and no matter

what they say or do to me and even if I see

things in them which are ugly twisted petty

cruel vain deceitful indifferent, just accept

all that and turn my attention to some small

weak tender hidden part and keep my eyes on

that until it shines like a beam of light

like a bonfire I can warm my hands by and trust

it to burn away all the waste which is not

never was my business to meddle with.

- Ivor Smith-Cameron

Perhaps we can all start by wondering.