Mary’s cousin John bad come to stay for a few days. He had a view of life very different from hers.
People here are too lazy to work
he said.
You’ve been reading the Times again,she teased him.
He blushed with rage,People with colds or headaches can work.Women have to look after babies regardless of how they feel.
And look how Jews worked in concentration camps even when they were dying
That’s the most ost horrible thing anyone has ever said in front of me. How can you even say those words?
I just meant to say that if the Jews could work when they were dying in concentration camps, people here could work minor illnesses.
What happened to you John what happened? I’ve never heard you say things like this before.
Actually I’ve been made redundant and the manager is Jewish.
But he’s not making people redundant because he’s Jewish is because his business is making much less money. It’s probably because of the pandemic.
If you are unemployed why are you not ⁰ sympathetic to others at the same position?
I don’t want people to know I’m un employed.. so if I criticise them I don’t need to look at my own feelings.
Well do not say anything like that about Jewish people ever again.
It was an immeasurable unthinkable merciless crime and you seem to condone it. You don’t want our government however terrible it is to imprison because they have lost their jobs. How would you like it. You know quite well that prison is not the soft option that some people believe it is.
Mary was very worried by what John said and she realized that people were lookng for a scapegoat to blame for the state of the country.
Many of us know the truth.
The meek do not inherit the earth literally. They are given the lowest wages that the firm can get away with.
Sayings of Jesus are sometimes paradoxical and v hard to understand.
It’s a way of making us think by turning everything upside down.
Mary had several books about art including
On not being able to paint, by Marion Milner. And this is where Mary got some of her ideas from
But only the receptive will receive creative ideas. If you think you’re the best thing since fried bread you are not likelyto receive spiritual guidance from the Holy One
I wish I had some fried bread right now because I’m hungry
How my heart sings 