A Touch Of Wonders
(Arthur Gordon)
A PRAYER
Lord of all things, whose wondrous gifts to man
Include the shining symbols known as words,
Grant that I may use their mighty power
Only for good. Help me to pass on
small fragments of Your wisdom, truth, and love.
Teach me to touch the unseen, lonely heart
With laughter, or the quick release of tears.
Let me portray the courage that endures
defiant in the face of pain or death;
The kindness and the gentleness of those
who fight againts the anger of the world;
The beauty hidden in the smallest things;
The mister, the wonder of it all...
Open my ears, my eyes;unlock my heart.
Speak through me, Lord, if it be Your will..Amen
A Gift of Caring
Most of us spend our lives trying to escape from self-centeredness. Maybe that''s the whole point, the whole challenge, what the whole thing is all about. Some of us succeed better than others. It seems to me that the ones who have most success are those who somehow turn self-caring into what might be called other-caring.
It takes courage to be another-carer, because people who care run the risk of being hurt. It?s not easy to Let your guard down, open your heart, react with sympathy or compassion or indignation or enthusiasm when usually it?s much easier and sometimes much safer not to get involved.
But people who take the risk make a tremendous discovery: The more things you care about, and the more intensely you care, the more alive you are.
This capacity for caring can illuminate any relationship: marriage, family, friendships even the ties of affection that often join humans and animals. Each of us is born with some of it, but whether we let it expand or diminish is largely up to us.To care, you have to surrender the armor of indifference. You have to be willing to act, to make the first move. Once at sunset
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