So this is my learned spiritual discipline: I talk to my Somewheres. I say discipline because that is what it takes for me to reach out during conflict. It takes intentional discipline to be honest while I’m still in the midst of the unfinished struggle. I have to say the words out loud: here are my contradictions. I don’t always do it well. Funnily enough, I can be even more reluctant to share my victories than I am to share my imperfections. The universal Canadian love-language is self-deprecation. And yet sometimes cool things happen, amazing things even, and I have found I need somewhere
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