What I Did Not Know
Self-forgiveness.
I tried to repair the shed door. Where it had shut only with difficulty, but still latched, after my work it no longer closed.
The job seemed simple. I did not know what I did not know.
Now: remorse over not leaving well enough alone. The shed stands open. I made it worse.
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Were my intentions ill? I meant well.
Lord, let me forgive myself for what I did not know.
– from the mountain
Consider:
Can I forgive myself?
Reading:
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge.”
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
— James Joyce
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“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
— Luke 23:34 (KJV)
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