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Failure (II): The Gift of
Posted by Wallace+
Following up on a recent Word from Grace Street, I wanted to share with you a recent and superb column by David Brooks, "Tree of Failure." The Niebuhr quotation he ends with is simply electric:
"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope...Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint. Therefore, we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness."
Tags: david brooks, failure, forgiveness, new york times, word from grace street
