Tolerance of the Fallen


Those who have fallen

are often more tolerant of

others' lapses

than those who have

always remained standing

 

Footnote;

my mother said 'there are no saints.. only the untempted'

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lyrycsyntyme's picture

Love your mom's phrase

It's easier to walk in others shoes, when having holes in one's own, too.

 

S74rw4rd's picture

I have a friend very much

I have a friend very much like this.  He does not hold the Christian Scriptures in the faith I have, yet seems to believe it is alright to remind me of my failures in my responsibilty to them, even when that failure is in his defective perception. From Eliot's final play, The Elder Statesman, I borrow the appellation for my erstwhile friend.


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