We are the flesh

This is a prayer for professors and instructors of MFTs, counselors, psychologists, and anyone involved in the work of teaching and training healers. 

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We Are The Flesh

What we find in our hands

Is the tender beginnings

Of the careers of our students

Multiplied by the aches and fears of their clients

And now hundreds, no thousands of lives

Are touched by us

For the touch of our hands goes with them

For the words of our mouths goes with them

For the tone of our voices goes with them

Yes, our voice goes with them

Everything we do becomes context for everything they do

What have you done?

Did you not know we are just humans?

Mere men; mere women; mere flesh

Our flaws can ripple

Just as our successes

Our pathology can be multiplied

Just as our health

Our ugly can be seen

Just as our beauty

And yet it is only flesh that can do this

And for whatever reason

We are the flesh chosen to do this

We are the flesh privileged to do this

We are the flesh that must do this

Humble this flesh

So that humility flows through our students

Strengthen this flesh

So that strength flows through our students

Make courageous this flesh

So that courage flows through our students

Heal this flesh

So that healing flows through our students