Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors. Although she writes novels, she takes pertinent subjects, thoroughly researches them, and writes fiction in a way which mirrors fact in a personalized way. She is not afraid of tough subjects. I have read numerous books of hers including ones centered around autism, marital abuse, racism, and most recently abortion. Most of us know there are more than two sides to any story, and this author helps us see around the edges and into the nooks and crannies of a person’s experiences. There are no easy answers to questions of morality, but it is always possible to meet situations with loving care. As living beings, we are in this together. As spiritual beings, we are connected by something far deeper than our words and the tribes we choose. For her book, Small Great Things, she spent more than ten years delving into racism. The story starts when a black nurse is involved in the birth of a baby to a white supremacist couple. Picoult’s expert writing causes me to examine my own hidden prejudices as I am drawn into a world which is foreign to me. I am grateful for the insights into places I’ve never been. Thank you to everyone who is not afraid to speak truth, and to those who have a mind open to understanding.
“Millions of unprejudiced minds — simple seekers for Truth, weary wanderers, athirst in the desert — are waiting and watching for rest and drink. Give them a cup of cold water in Christ’s name, and never fear the consequences.” Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 570:14-16
“As specialness cares not who pays the cost of sin, so it be paid, the Holy Spirit heeds not who looks on innocence at last, provided it is seen and recognized. For just _one_ witness is enough, if he sees truly. Simple justice asks no more. Of each one does the Holy Spirit ask if he will be that one, so justice may return to love and there be satisfied. Each special function He allots is but for this; that each one learn that love and justice are not separate. And both are strengthened by their union with each other. Without love is justice prejudiced and weak. And love without justice is impossible. For love is fair, and cannot chasten without cause. What cause can be to warrant an attack upon the innocent? In justice, then, does love correct mistakes, but not in vengeance. For that would be unjust to innocence.” A Course in Miracles T-25.VIII.11:1-12
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