a blessing for keeping your heart soft when everything is broken

Blessed are you who see it all now.
The terrible, beautiful truth that our world,
our lives seem irreparably broken.

And you can’t unsee it.
The hungry kid. The exhausted mom.
The woman who wonders if any of this is worth it.
The loneliness and despair.

Blessed are you who glimpse reality and don’t turn away.
This kind of seeing comes at a steep cost,
and it is a cost you may not have paid intentionally,
but here you are.
Seeing things clearly.

Blessed are you who have worked hard
to keep your heart soft.
You who live with courage,
fixing what is in your reach,
praying about what is not,
and loving, still.

May you experience deeper capacity and glimpses of hope, as you continue to see the world as it is.

Terrible. Beautiful. Fragile.