Living Love Through the Practice of Repair

Practice Repair * by Rev. Dave McFarland

Bless generously, curse rarely; practice repair.

Read a book or a blog or watch a movie about something or some situation or someone beyond the ability to relate; practice repair.

Lean into comfort zones, strengths, and inklings of bliss; practice repair.

Pause to ask whether words are both skillful and absolutely necessary; practice repair.

Sing full-throated songs that create and recreate beloved community; practice repair.

Let go of stubborn self-righteousness, and have mercy; practice repair.

Honor the ancestors who could not have imagined our lives or even our very being; practice repair.

Smile; practice repair.

Multiply joy, divide sorrow, practice repair.

With the tools at hand; practice repair.

Perhaps I have tools you could borrow, perhaps you could lend me from yours, and together, we can practice repair.

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