God, I feel it again, the burden of being human, and the fact that nothing will exempt us from the pain of it. Wherever you go, you bear yourself, and always find yourself.– Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, transl. Leo Shirley-Price, 1952. Blessed are we, Your human creatures,with mind and soul and spirit … Continue reading a blessing for when there’s no cure for being human