The Communion of Fragments
There is a silence that arrives only when the world stops pretending to be whole. It is a vertical moment, sharp, crystalline, and terrifyingly quiet. You are standing there, stripped of your social skin, when suddenly, the jagged edge of another person’s soul grazes your own. It is not a collision; it is a recognition. May you have the humility to remain still in that instant. Do not look away. Do not try to heal it with the clumsy bandages of words or the vanity of “understanding.” To understand is often a way of killing the mystery. Instead, simply exist … Continue reading The Communion of Fragments