Did you ever understand this? br If my spirit was poor, how could I enter heaven? br Was I depressed? br Understanding editing, br I see how a comma, removed or inserted br with careful plan, br can change everything. br I was reminded of this br when a poor young man br in Tunisia br desperate to live br and humiliated for trying br set himself ablaze; br I felt uncomfortably warm br as if scalded by his shame. br I do not have to sell vegetables from a cart as he did br or live in narrow rooms too small for spacious thought; br and, at this late date, br I do not worry that someone will br remove every single opportunity br for me to thrive. br Still, I am connected to, inseparable from, br this young man. br Blessed are the poor, in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. br Jesus. (Commas restored) . br Jesus was as usual talking about solidarity: about how we join with others br and, in spirit, feel the world, and suffering, the same as them. br This is the kingdom of owning the other as self, the self as other; br that transforms grief into br peace and delight. br I, and you, might enter the heaven br of right here br through this door.