....as Desmond Tutu says, those who have been oppressed are free from oppression, and those who have done the oppressing are free from being the oppressor, everyone is set free. -- "Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation," February 6, 2026
Over the years, it has been my occasional challenge to mentally compare Tutu's actual state of oppression with my self-perceived state of oppression.
I suspect that helped me gain an ability to laugh at and with myself in my self-diagnosed "oppression," or, more honestly, in my rues, regrets and remorses.
Better than that, it helped me develop a sense of empathy for others...others who had less than...and best of all (so far) it has been the key that opened the compassion so well-hidden within me. Not just the feeling of compassion, but the ability for me, with God's grace, to compassionately do for others in need.
In my eighties now, I do less actively but my thoughts are more consistently prayerful...less self-centered (not wholly just less, which is proof of God's will, God's way in my life).
Thank you.
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