"They remain inside the prison of meritocracy..."
(Richard Rohr, in The Naked Now)
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The prison of meritocracy is a terrible place to spend life. Rohr is talking about living with the belief that everything has to be deserved. Dividing the world into the 'deserving' and the 'undeserving' is a tireless job. The way to escape this prison is to open one's heart and mind to make room: create a spaciousness in one's consciousness. Let go of the gavel and take off the judge's robe. Let be. Live by grace and allow others the same freedom.
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