“The place are you from?”
It’s a query I’ve been requested too many occasions to rely. And there’s nothing like this query to get all of the heads in a room to show! It may be requested for a lot of causes, reminiscent of to search out likeness and similarities, as in, Are you one in every of my group? Possibly we’re cousins? It might additionally serve assumptions that separate and denigrate.
The place we’re from can inform others what we love to do, our roots, and our customs. It might additionally reveal energy buildings. It might additionally reveal loads about what’s essential to us.
In my very own journey, I’ve had a variety of questions on this. On a current retreat, whereas considering the Precept and Basis, I spotted that I ought to have consulted St. Ignatius about my heritage sooner. As a result of what he affords is vital for me―and for you―to know.
So if you find yourself requested,
“The place are you from?”
Let me remind you,
You might be from the thoughts of God.
You might be from the center of God,
Creator of the Universe.
You might be valuable,
Chosen,
Cherished, and
Beloved.
Do you are feeling it, really feel it in your bones―
That boundless Love?
We’re God’s.
That makes you, pricey, my brother, my sister.
If you harm, we harm.
If you rejoice, we rejoice.
So allow us to go then.
We will stroll collectively, heads held excessive,
elevating the heads of our brothers and sisters
whose heads have been bowed.
Allow us to construct a land the place peace prevails
and justice the norm,
The Kingdom of our heritage―
All of us.
The place all are honored,
liked,
and revered,
dignity affirmed,
centered within the Sacred,
that Divine spark,
from whence all of us come.
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