...in awe....I sit in thankfulness...as I sip from my daily cup of heaven and look out on the beauty outside my window, thoughts of mayhem and chaos recede further and further to the back of my mind. What floats to the surface is grace....what rises consistently is mercy, is forgiveness. Oh I am human...and I feel frustration, anger and a sense of injustice at times. And yet....despite or perhaps because of the experiences I have seen these past years, I see life from a different perspective, view through an unusual lens. I see hurts, pain and rejection that shape reactions, shape responses to others around. I have encountered a woman on the job who grates all she meets, who is blunt to the point of rudeness and wanders the halls looking to devour any who cross her path...this ma