Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles. (Matthew 5:41)
Walking the extra mile (after that initial distance is completed), what is the conversation like?
Does the conversation change? And how?
Perhaps one’s inner chatter (about what that person must be like) quiets down, defenses fall, better questions are asked and answered…
And as understanding deepens, patience is extended to the irrationality and incoherence present in everyone’s story.
This sort of transformation (becoming human, poor in spirit) is on offer for the compassionate and curious traveler.
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