Loving the Leper Within
I remember reading a writing from
St Francis of Assisi who wrote about
“loving the leper within us.”
It took me a while to comprehend
I must do more then love what I like about myself,
I must love what I don’t like.
I must love the parts of me
I want to hide,
I am ashamed of,
I want to deny,
I want to ignore.
When I learn to love
the leper within myself,
then I learn to love
the ones others view as lepers
around me.
It allows me to show compassion to all.
It enables me to open my heart
and my table
to those who society has labeled the other,
the least of thee,
for those who have been excluded and
those who fear I will not embrace them.
When I learn to embrace all of me,
then I have learned how to
embrace all of you .
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