So the way to deal with Doubt is to
apply Grace, and Judgment. So far in every instance, the way to carry
on and maintain our spirits has been to openly apply Grace. When
Trust is broken, Grace covers it. Doubt is raised, Grace applied.
Just as Grace and Rationalization are
two sides of one coin, the thought occurs to me that so too are
Motivation and Judgment. Bear with me on this.
Motivation is what spurs the action,
Judgment is what tempers it. A child wants a cookie but is able to
apply its mother's caution “Don't eat any cookies before dinner. It
will spoil your appetite. You can have two after you eat.”
Motivation is and is not important. The
end result remains in spite of motivation – the car's bumper is
smashed, the plate is broken, trust is destroyed. So the damage
exists separate from motivation. Amends must be made regardless of
motivation. Repairs to the car, replacement of the plate, whatever
can be done to acknowledge the disconnect and rebuild the
relationship.
But motivation does come into play in
some regard. If you accidentally back into another car, your actions
are forgiven once restitution is made. If, however, you did a Kathy
Bates in “Fried Green Tomatoes” and purposefully smashed into
someone's car – that's another story. Dropping a plate is one
thing; throwing the plate, another. Then there are various shades of
“throwing the plate” and what those mean. It can get endless.
So is Motivation important, or not? How
does Judgment fit in? What about – oh no, another concept rears its
head – Forgiveness? Will this butterfly chase ever end? I doubt
it.~~GHC
