The beauty of us

"I heard somewhere that suicide is a mortal sin...but I thought, how horrible is it to punish someone for being in so much pain in this life that she had to end it...isn't suicide the desperate attempt for a final relief?"

Someone spoke and stifled what appeared like the most sincere cry...I feel so alone, she said. It came from somewhere deeper than the words and she looked so beautiful in her self-expending grief.

I thought, Marilyn Robinson must be right: the beauty of us, not the goodness of us that keeps God interested.