Because we’ll need lots of mercy.

A little bit of a recap: we’re making a journey from opening our minds to what we can and cannot do; opening our hearts and leaving behind the dreams we’ll never fulfil; open our wills in order to make something happen together; then identifying what this precisely must be – our contribution of goodness and rightness into the world.  And, guess what!

We’ll fail.  Lots of times.  You’ll fail.  The people around you will fail.  They’ll need mercy from you and you’ll need to accept mercy from them.

When it comes to our unique goodness and rightness, we won’t craft the finished article in our first attempt.   We’ll experiment, we’ll prototype.  The aim is to try and fail fast, to learn and try again, and through this process, we’ll each create something amazing.  Living mercifully creates the space and encouragement to do this, to try again.

And then there are all the people around you who won’t try to bring anything to the future, and those who are critical of you and your efforts.  Being merciful to them, allowing them to be where they are, sets us free from their expectations and attitudes to keep moving forward ourselves.

Keep going, be merciful lots: you’re going to do something amazing.