Each of us is unique and particular, distinct and differentiated,
yes
(and these are great gifts)
But in every moment,
each person is a We.
Every single one of us is a Collective —
we are Plural
not only in a myriad of
thoughts,
feelings,
memories, and
impulses,
each as plentiful and contradictory as the next —
but also
We represent internalized others.
We are a nexus of relationships, embodied.
Who is always rooted in Whose.
Whose —
not possession or ownership.
not fate or determinism.
Whose —
belonging,
collective calling,
sacred possibility.
Sacred actuality.
We only need to awaken to it.
Smuggling Grace 