Grace Doesn’t Need Fillers
We train our children to avoid ah and um, yet fill our own silence with noise.
Maybe grace doesn’t live in the words we speak, but in the space between them—
where sparks enter, and presence begins.
Wisdom is how you live.
We train our children to avoid ah and um, yet fill our own silence with noise.
Maybe grace doesn’t live in the words we speak, but in the space between them—
where sparks enter, and presence begins.
We’re often taught that respect must be earned—but what if it was never meant to be transactional? In this reflection, I trace the evolution of the word “respect,” share a generational story about a seat, and invite us to remember that true respect isn’t grand—it’s grounded. A spiritual act. A simple one.