shame

I follow Anne Jackson’s blog on google reader and this hit me hard when I read it.

Shame is a sickness…
A disease…
That keeps us hidden.
The remedy for shame is grace.
Grace that requires you to step aside when you know you’re right.
Grace that requires you to consider others better than yourself.
Grace that hurts and is dangerous.
Someone around you needs that grace right now.
Go give it.
And give it freely.

-Anne Jackson