Sin

Due to family trips and generally just the crazy busy but oh so fantastic lives that we live, todays pictures will be all mine (thats me, Claire). With this weeks theme, sin, I think it is pretty fitting, seeing as sin is one of the most personal things an individual can go through. Not to ignore the fact that most sins usually involve hurting someone else, but sins are usually solo acts, with the regret and repurcussions most keenly felt by the conscious mind who committed them. Whether you think of sin in a biblical way or otherwise, there is something in all of us that screams "this does not feel right", even though it doesnt always stop us from doing or saying. The act or failure to act of sinning, is taught throughout our whole lives, with nightmarish yet generally effective (if not a tad bit over the top) stories of terrible aftermath. But regardless of how awful we can be to eachother, ourselves, and to our planet, I strongly believe it is our ability to recover from the constant sins we commit that makes us truely able to conquer them. We can push through the pain, let it fuel us with determination, and embrace its unique power to make us better people, with more compassion for and insight into the complicated world that we live in.