{"id":6914,"date":"2018-10-05T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caitlincady.com\/let-me-be-an-ocean-of-understanding\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T04:14:30","slug":"let-me-be-an-ocean-of-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlincady.com\/let-me-be-an-ocean-of-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"Let me be an ocean of understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Reconnect my fractured grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Endow me with patience.<br \/>\nWiden the aperture of my perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Soothe in me the reflex of blame,<br \/>\nthat part of me that wants to relieve pain<br \/>\nwith the release of a roar and an accusatory arrow.<\/p>\n<p>Let me lay down the blades of judgement<br \/>\nand be with what is here.<\/p>\n<p>Help me smooth out the rough edges<br \/>\nand melt the sharpness into gentle curves.<\/p>\n<p>Fortify my boundaries<br \/>\nbut soften my barriers.<\/p>\n<p>Stitch the threads of benevolence into the quilt of my being.<br \/>\nSteep my cells in the tones of compassion.<\/p>\n<p>Tune me to harmony.<br \/>\nPlace my confidence in kindness.<\/p>\n<p>Tap out a rhythm of goodness.<br \/>\nDrum it into my bones<br \/>\nso I know the truth when I feel it.<\/p>\n<p>Let me love fiercely. 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