An Open Hand

It isn't that you let go of, release all hope. It isn't as if you accept that you may always hear things from afar.

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People become estranged for reasons that may contradict the reality and people become alienated from one another for reasons that carry weight—convey gravitas.

Acknowledging brokenness—accepting prayers may also mean recognizing the strength inherent in an open hand.

No thunder and lightening and perhaps not even a response.

Yet, lifted up—buoyed up.