Depravity, Perfection, Paradox

If we successfully mature beyond adolescence (many don't), we let go of black-and-white thinking and learn to appreciate more & more nuanced shades of gray. A far greater leap forward in terms of psychosocialspiritual evolution is the capacity to embrace paradox - to transcend opposites.

600 years ago, Julian of Norwich wrote: “All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”

30 years ago, Paul Simon wrote "The Boy in the Bubble", expressing a remarkably similar message:

It was a slow day And the sun was beating On the soldiers by the side of the road There was a bright light A shattering of shop windows The bomb in the baby carriage Was wired to the radio These are the days of miracle and wonder This is the long distance call The way the camera follows us in slo-mo The way we look to us all The way we look to a distant constellation That's dying in a corner of the sky These are the days of miracle and wonder And don't cry baby, don't cry Don't cry