What if we became experts in the field of grace? What if we made it our language, our essence, our genius?*
Erwin McManus

The moments when it’s most difficult to be kind are the moments where it matters the most.**
Seth Godin

Grace can describe how a person moves,
More critically, it’s how we treat each other –
Grace …
Doesn’t squash the one in error,
Finds another chance, another opportunity from somewhere,
Doesn’t have to be waited for,
Is future-opening,
Sees the best person,
Builds connection,
Can inspire and motivate others …
And sometimes we need to offer it
to our own self.

Far from being effortless, this kind of grace is
effortful, and yet it still produces a crop greater than
the original investment;
Grace is good news:
The thing is,
no one is born graceful.
It’s a choice.^

While practise makes us more graceful over time,
We carry a resistance that must
be overcome by the continuing choice.

*Erwin McManus’ The Genius of Jesus;
**Seth Godin’s blog: The unwarranted smile;
^Seth Godin’s Graceful. a short but delightful eBook that costs £2.