The human condition: to fall short.

Yes, we are all too much like Johnny and Sarah. Untruthful. Liars. Sinners. Imperfect beings. The important thing is to admit it. To recognize it. Sometimes, I am prone to return insult with insult. I am pulled into the game. We all are. Nobody turns the other cheek. Not all the time. That's why we have wars. Why we have dirty, low-down politics. An exchange of insults. Why we call each other assholes. We are only polite to each other by degrees. And we show respect, only by degrees. We even love by degrees. We love conditionally. And that really isn't love. Not pure love. The human condition is to fall short. --Jim Broede