From the book Christian Mediation by James Finley the words of this reflection offer hope and make a way for us to enter into and live from a place of deeper compassion both towards ourselves, others and the world.

“As we yield to compassion, we are caught in the updraft of grace that carries us aloft. Then in one single continuous movement of love, compassion draws us downward into the preciousness of all that is lost and broken within ourselves.

For we have been graced to experience the Christ event, in which love identifies with the deep-down preciousness of ourselves in all our wayward ways… as we continue to do our best to deal with whatever needs to be dealt with, we know that right here, right now, just the way we are, we are one with the love that identifies itself with us no matter what”.