ENOUGH AND FINISHED
I was once told a story. I will not re tell the story, but I will make the point the story made. Never assume that someone knows what you know, or has somehow morphed the same everyday knowledge as you have. Always assume that you know what you know and someone else may understand the same knowledge differently. Always know that there are different perspectives, different levels of education, and altogether different education in every community on this planet.
To some, sometimes E on the fuel gauge means “enough”, and the F on the fuel gauge means “finished”. This is not just a lack of education on the subject, it is a perspective on life itself; the words are a display of how their world is shaped at the moment. Think about how the dismantling process has to play itself out with some. As G.Boyle said in his book Tattoos on the Heart, “some stare into the mirror and pronounce “empty”. Our collective task is to suggest instead “enough”–enough gifts, enough talent, enough goodness. When you have enough, there is plenty. Or, the verdict is “finished”, we are asked to lead them instead to “fullness”–the place within–where they find in themselves exactly what God had in mind.”
I leave you with that to think about.
