"Our lives are fueled by grace, by the undeserved gift of existence and entry to the natural world, by second chances and the unmerited forgiveness of flaws and fuck-ups, and we are fed by its warmth. But we often forget, too often, that grace is also hard fought, hard won, hard to give. It can take immense effort to execute. There is a swirling, violent chaos at the heart of grace — the chaos of being human, of wanting to take an eye for an eye, to seek revenge, to win, to crush our enemies or bury them. Sometimes we can rise above this chaos to offer forgiveness." -- Julia Baird

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