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COPING, HOPING
Coffee With the Angels
Dorothy vanquished wickedness and so will we
When a brother acts insanely, he is offering you an opportunity to bless him. His need is yours. You need the blessing you can offer him. There is no way for you to have it except by giving it. This is the law of God, and it has no exceptions.
— A Course In Miracles, The Foundation for Inner Peace
This astonished, well rested, restored morning
I ponder politics.
There is nothing right about the Right. Nothing!
Yet I will not allow my rage (my fear)
to raze my defenses.
A bullet dodged becomes
a brace of miracles.
The first,
last night’s empathetic admonishment
from a friend whose name means most holy:
do not allow their darkness to smother
the Light left.
Sing!
The second,
a reminder from the angel closest to
the coffee pot –
even decaffeinated loathing isn’t healthy.
Revulsion won’t work.
