Many know her name, the young woman wrongly accused, imprisoned for 4 years far from home, her story told by others who never knew her soul. What has stayed with me is not the weight of her suffering, but the brightness of her wisdom.
In her words, "To be free is powerful, and if your power is kindness, you are always free. No one can stop you from being kind. To be kind when the world doubts you, to be kind, when anger would feel easier, to be kind, because kindness is the only freedom no prison, no fear, no injustice, can ever take away.” In Memphis, kindness may seem fragile, but perhaps it is the strongest power we have. The quiet courage to meet anger with grace, to look at one another, not with suspicion, but with love, freedom, and kindness. Two lights in the same horizon. One gives us life, the other meaning. This is Dr. Scott Morris for Church Health.
