I remember, as a teenager, reading Bertolt Brecht's "the Good Person of Szechwan" (although I remember her as the Good Woman of Setzuan) / what struck me then (and seems still to apply to-day) / was how the heroine found it impossible to maintain the good side of her nature, and had to call upon a more ruthless alter ego in order to survive / it's all very well / being told to trust God / to put the Kingdom first / but for most of us there has to be some compromise / in order to live / to be effective citizens / we have to spend some of our lives putting our employer first / doing what the world requires / expects ...
recognising that even within ourselves / there's stuff we want to do / to prioritise / which doesn't come straight from the Bible ...
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