Thia Reggio's Reflection | Poverty Initiative Chapel Service

Thia Reggio's Reflection
Poverty Initiative Chapel Service
Moday, February 8, 2010. 12:00 pm.
James Chapel
Union Theological Seminary

I am changed.

I want to speak of how it lifts me up and makes me better.

But first I have to admit that I am afraid; I am shaken; I am undone.

Interrupted, insufficient, in an altered state.

Can I stand with those who are so much wiser, so much stronger, so much louder?

Can a quiet voice be heard? For we must be heard.

We must be seen, standing together, knowing each other, feeling each other deeply and compassionately.

I am changed—into we.

In this way, I am lifted, as we are lifted.

In this way, I am better, when we are better.

Shoulder to shoulder I am not afraid—I see your candle, you see mine. Our light is stronger when we are close.

Standing together, we are not shaken, our closeness shores us up, makes room for hope.

Work done together cannot be undone, for it continues even when I am weary and must rest.

It is we who are wiser, stronger, louder.

We are change.

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