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Author of the bestselling book “Love and Rage.” Minister, lover, & Queer AF! My new book, The New Saints, out Oct 31!

Nov 7, 2018, 5 tweets

I am praying for the light today. When I say that I am praying for the light what I mean is that I am deciding to become the light. I also accept that there is darkness in the world. I understand that the darkness I see in the world is also the darkness I see in myself. #Diwali

There is no darkness in the world that does not also abide in some form in me. When I acknowledge the dark, I am also acknowledging that I could not know the blessing of light without first naming the darkness. #Diwali

Therefore while I pray for and love the light I will also love the darkness because whatever I choose to authentically love I allow it to be free. I choose to let my darkness be free so it can stand next to the light. #Diwali

When they are standing together they will tell the true story of my life and in that truth telling I will accept both the light and the dark and know that the dark is only a place where the light has not yet learned to live. #Diwali

As I decide to become light, I am also praying that I develop the courage to learn to live in the dark places.#Diwali

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