She stopped, turned and went back to the truck. “What are you doing?” I asked. She pulled her camera from her purse and snapped a photo of the Sara Lee truck. She showed me the photo and slid her phone back into her purse.
“I thought this would make a good blog photo,” she said, adding, “If it wasn’t a marketing phrase it would beg a good question.”
How should goodness taste?
How should equality look?
How should community sound?
How should generosity smell?
How should love feel?
We experience the world through our senses. And then we make a story of what we sense. Senses first. Story second. It’s how the brain works. The language capacity, putting words to experience, is essentially a translation function. It does not lead, it follows. It’s why, for the most part, we choose the story we tell.
The word that strikes me the most on the bread truck photo is “should.” How should goodness taste?
How does goodness taste? To you?
How does equality look? To you?
For you, what’s the sound of thriving community?
To me, generosity smells like fresh baked bread and hot dark coffee. You?
And love? There are no words. But you know it when you feel it.
read Kerri’s blogpost about GOODNESS
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