What do you want to be when you grow up?
"Kind," said the boy.
~~~~~~~ Charlie Mackesy, from The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Hold up a piece of crystal to the light, we get a rainbow. Moisten the rim of a crystal goblet, run your finger around it, you can almost hear a violin; tap it lightly with a spoon, it chimes with remarkable clarity. But if you drop it on the floor, two things happen. First, if you're a kid, your mom will kill you. Well, threaten anyway, and you'll get some version of the famous "You're the reason we don't have nice things" speech. Second, the broken crystal won't do any of the magic stuff anymore---no rainbows, no music, no chime.
Sometimes it's that way with people too. We are all a little bit fragile, and we forget what enables the people around us to make rainbows and music. We take for granted the qualities that led us to love them in the first place. If we neglect them, the relationship can fall to the floor and shatter, but when we carefully hold them or touch them---literally or figuratively---the magical sights and sounds are there for us both to enjoy.
My prayer for this day is that we remember to appreciate the presence in our lives of the people we love. As an added bonus, maybe they'll do the same for us.
Blessings, lads and lasses.
NT
"Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." 1 Thessalonians 5:11
In loving memory of Allen Jones, and in tribute to all of you, as we build each other up, one day at a time.
"Kind," said the boy.
~~~~~~~ Charlie Mackesy, from The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Hold up a piece of crystal to the light, we get a rainbow. Moisten the rim of a crystal goblet, run your finger around it, you can almost hear a violin; tap it lightly with a spoon, it chimes with remarkable clarity. But if you drop it on the floor, two things happen. First, if you're a kid, your mom will kill you. Well, threaten anyway, and you'll get some version of the famous "You're the reason we don't have nice things" speech. Second, the broken crystal won't do any of the magic stuff anymore---no rainbows, no music, no chime.
Sometimes it's that way with people too. We are all a little bit fragile, and we forget what enables the people around us to make rainbows and music. We take for granted the qualities that led us to love them in the first place. If we neglect them, the relationship can fall to the floor and shatter, but when we carefully hold them or touch them---literally or figuratively---the magical sights and sounds are there for us both to enjoy.
My prayer for this day is that we remember to appreciate the presence in our lives of the people we love. As an added bonus, maybe they'll do the same for us.
Blessings, lads and lasses.
NT
"Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." 1 Thessalonians 5:11
In loving memory of Allen Jones, and in tribute to all of you, as we build each other up, one day at a time.
