"People who live close together can be sources of great sorrow for one another...The truth is that we all have something of the traitor in us because each of us hands our fellow human beings over to suffering somehow, somewhere...When we are willing to confess that we often hand those we love over to suffering, even against our best intentions, we will be more ready to forgive those who, mostly against their will, are the causes of our pain."~Henri Nouwen, Daily Meditation
The word traitor, with its meaning to hand the other over to suffering, conveys much clearer what I meant by being red. Increasingly I'm frustrated with my communication ability -- having too much to say and too little patience to say things well.
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