Like so many other meanings hidden in our
language, the word commerce, debased to commercialism, has lost much of its
dignity… But the root meaning of exchange persisted and developed into another
context, its meaning deepening through the French merci
to grateful response and kindness of heart, and finally to the compassion and
forgiveness, including all our shades of darkness, whereby we are able to open
ourselves to the Mercy. This is the
ultimate exchange that, when we come
to a final letting go, may reveal to us the whole.
--Helen Luke, Old Age
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