Dealing with Mistakes

There are lots of examples of where Jesus, when faced with imperfections of those around him, showed mercy and compassion and willed that the person learned from their mistakes and grew into a better way of being. In other and more modern words, he cut them a break and looked kindly on them.

No day is perfect. No person is perfect. Mistakes and failures are part of the journey. We grow and learn much more in the face of being cut a break and looked on kindly than judgement and being shut out. 

Excerpted from Emerging from the Mess by Brendan McManus SJ and Jim Deeds (pp.30-31)