Faith And Certainty Aren't The Same

I have opinions, but I have flexibility in them because I have lived long enough to be wrong many times about a political view, a persons motivation, a feared outcome. I must live with the awareness of my own flaws and that also means I offer grace to everyone else. Certainty is therefore inflexibility and I do not see that as allowing for growth in myself or others. When I was mature enough to see my parents past and current suffering, the things they did no longer felt personal. They weren't doing that to me, they were responding from past hurts and fears for my future. In that context, I could see their love and I could extend mine.