Penance
for self-absorption
– many hours in the company of three-year-olds
for carelessness
– a year’s close study of an elder tree
for injustice
– giving thanks for the rain and sun
that fall on you anyway
for pride
– learning to see the funny side
of your coals of fire.
Kathy Galloway, from Lent and Easter Readings from Iona, Neil Paynter (Ed.), Wild Goose Publications
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