I recently listened to Kelly Corrigan interview Father Greg Boyle on her PBS show called “Tell Me More”. He runs Homeboy Industries in LA doing rehabilitation and re-entry for gang members. It is an absolutely beautiful conversation. Father Boyle spoke about their framework for understanding trauma. He said, “If it’s true that the traumatized are more likely to cause trauma, then it’s equally true—it has to be—that a cherished person is going to be able to find their way to the joy there is in cherishing themselves and others.” He describes it as “dosing”—the more doses of being cherished, the more likely a person will be to cherish themselves and others.
Below are snapshots of some good doses of love from the last month... Here’s to us all giving out lots of doses of love to those we come in contact with in the coming days.
