I hate that when I fight with my kids or my husband, we hurt each other and that, often, there is still debris around from the last hurricane before we work through the next one. I hate that, in the midst of an argument, I can feel it revving up and even sometimes do lots of healthy things to diffuse it but we so often end up in the same place, feeling terrible and surveying the detritus around us. I want to move beyond this. I firmly believe in the “slow work of God”, as de Chardin **calls it, and I trust the ideas of growth mindset, that I am growing and improving little by little and I just can’t do this YET. But I just want YET to be NOW.

For reflection:**

• What cracks in yourself do you hide away from the people you love?
• Do you notice yourself self-protecting in ways that hurt others, especially those you love most?
• Think of one of your dearest loved ones. What would happen if you let that person see your cracks more clearly, without you protecting your weak spots? What might happen in that relationship, at first and over time?
• How might you invite God into this?

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