This I Believe

A month ago, I attended the re-orientation retreat as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. On the first night, we listened to a clip from the awesome MPR show, "This I Believe." It was a six-year-old who had written a list of 100 things that he believed for school. Thirty of these were chosen to be read for this particular episode, which was played for us on the retreat. After listening, we were given a few minutes and invited to formulate a few sentences that highlighted our own beliefs. Here is what I came up with:

I believe in the fundamental dignity of every person, that we are beautiful, unfathomable, and worthwhile in our inherent brokenness. I believe that we all have gifts to bring to the table and tat we are all disabled. I believe that every person deserves to be looked in the eye, every person deserves to be heard, every person deserves to be loved. I believe that I can always give more of my heart and that I can always receive the heart of another.