Monuments to Unworthiness
What will we do with the monuments we have created to our own unworthiness?.Will we destroy them with violence, ripping holes in our own hearts as we go?.Will be tear them apart, brick by brick, casting their mortar upon all those in our wake, hurling venomous accusations?.Will we, upon feeling their emptiness, build them higher and stronger, oppressing ourselves and others along the way?.Or might we, the depths of our courageous hearts, witness all of them, whispering prayers of gratitude as tears roll down our weary faces, as we let the wind and the fire and the water and the soil start the ancient process of their dismembering?.“Monuments to Unworthiness” (c) Jane Mayer, 2019. Deeply inspired by courageous conversations with Kelly, Jill and Michelle last week. Photo taken by a beautiful stranger at Skellig Michael, an ancient monastery off the coast of Ireland, 2017.