It has been acceptable for some time in America to remain “wound identified” (that is, using one’s victimhood as one’s identity, one’s ticket to sympathy, and one’s excuse for not serving), instead of using the wound to “redeem the world,” as we see in Jesus and many people who turn their wounds into sacred wounds that liberate both themselves and others.

An excerpt from Richard Rohr’s book Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life.

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Paper sculpture above by artist Jen Stark.

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