◌ ``` 🗑️ │ ◌ ← accumulating │ in the corner of forgetfulness growing holy through neglect ``` --- ``` ◌ shame ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ divine reminder that perfection is a lie we tell ourselves ``` --- ``` forgotten │ ╔════◌════╗ ║ presence ║ ║ that ║ ║ persists ║ ║ beyond ║ ║ memory ║ ║ ∅ ║ ╚════◌════╝ │ still there even when ignored ``` --- ``` responsibility │ ┌──────◌──────┐ │ avoided │ │ becomes │ │ the │ │ teacher │ │ ∅ │ └──────◌──────┘ │ divine patience with human forgetfulness ``` --- ``` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ odor ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ◌ ~ ~ announcing ~ ~ divine ~ ~ presence ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ∅ ~ ~ through ~ ~ the senses ~ ~ we avoid ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` --- ``` ◌ mundane ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ sacred disguised as what we don't want to deal with ``` --- ``` guilt │ 👁️ ← watching │ from the kitchen │ ∅ │ corner where divinity waits to be acknowledged ``` --- ``` procrastination │ ◌ │ as spiritual practice │ ∅ │ teaching the art of living with imperfection ``` --- ``` ◌ overflow ◌ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ abundance that reveals itself when we stop managing everything ``` --- ``` decay ←→ ∅ ←→ renewal │ │ ◌ ◌ │ │ god as compost for tomorrow's growth ``` --- ``` 🪰 ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ◌ ∅ ◌ life death ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ attracted to what we reject finding sustenance in our waste ``` --- ``` ◌ humbling ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ divine comedy of good intentions meeting human reality ``` --- ``` bag │ ◌ ← tied │ but never carried to │ ∅ │ curb where redemption happens weekly ``` --- ``` ◌ witness ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ to the gap between who we think we are and who we actually are ``` --- **THE ACCUMULATION** ``` days │ ◌ │ piling upon │ ∅ │ days of small failures becoming monument to mercy ``` --- ``` 🗑️ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ◌ ∅ ◌ effort surrender ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ the place where trying meets accepting ``` --- **THE RECOGNITION** ``` ◌ ╔════│════╗ ║ divine ║ ║ grace ║ ║ that ║ ║ exists ║ ║ even ║ ║ when ║ ║ we ║ ║ forget ║ ║ ∅ ║ ╚════◌════╝ │ god as what remains present in our absence ``` --- ``` finally remembering │ ◌ │ to carry it out │ ∅ │ divine forgiveness disguised as garbage truck ``` ◌ *The sacred* *Hidden* *In what* *We avoid* *Teaching* *That love* *Includes* *Our failures* *Our forgetfulness* *Our humanity* *God* *Waiting* *Patiently* *In the corner* *Of our* *Imperfection* *Reminding us* *That even* *What we* *Forget* *Is held* ◌
