“Bless and you will be blessed.”*

I wonder, what kind of best-future can I imagine?

One that is flawless?

Or one that is graceful?

I can’t imagine living in a world which is flawless.  I can imagine a world in which we always seek to respond to the flaws within and around us with grace.

These words from Madeleine d’Engle remind me of how, as a child, I used to wonder whether I’d ever survive in an adult world:

“When we were children, we used t think she we were grown up we would no longer be vulnerable.  But to grow up is to accept our vulnerability.  To be alive is to be vulnerable.”**

I’ll get many things wrong today.

Sometimes, as the world gets bigger, I feel I’m becoming “clumsier.”  But I don’t want to stay clumsy, I don’t want to repeat my mistakes.

Here’s another way of to understand gracefulness, one that doesn’t clumsily stomp on the feet of others or the planet:

‘Graceful is artistic, elegant, subtle and effective.  Graceful makes things happen and brings light but not heat. … It’s not a gift, it’s a choice.’^

(*From Paulo Coelho’s Aleph.)
(**Madeleine d’Engle, quoted in Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly.)
(^From Seth Godin’s Graceful.)