THE CLOSET MYSTIC

i learned that the nature of sin is all of the ways in which we betray god’s love.

i learned that forgiveness is allowing ourselves to love and, sometimes, be loved again.

rumi told us our task is not to seek love but to find and demolish all barriers we have built against it — forgiveness is the act of demolition.

i learned one of my greatest sins is in how i refused to pass forward the gift of forgiveness that was so freely given to me.