K. and I were discussing religion and philosophy, when one of us mentioned the aphorism: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Luckily, we listen to one another, and so discovered that we had completely different understandings of what this means.
K. grew up under this, much disliked, adage that intentions are insufficient; one must act for the good intention to be meaningful. But I was taught that even well- intentioned actions can have evil consequences (as so powerfully depicted in The Sparrow.)
And so now it becomes a reminder of how easily we can, unknowing, talk past each other.
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