A Prayer for 2006
Thought of the Day:
A Prayer for 2006
“O Father, may it never be said of us that
Having come to an open door, we closed it;
Having come to a lighted candle, we quenched it;
Having heard the voice of a neighbor begging bread,
We made denial, speaking of our own case.”
Jean McKenzie
Thinking Outside of the Box:
I had a thought tonight, just after midnight. I had a pretty tough year last year, and I wasnt at all sad to see the departure of 2005. That naturally led to the next thought: What can I (we) do to make 2006 a better year?
It really is easy. The only way out of a tough period of time or to get through something that is almost impossible to bear, is to reach out to others. If we help another in their time of sorrow or grief, their time of poverty or despair, their time of illness or injury, we can not only help them, but help ourselves as well. Reaching out enables us to reach up; we can then reach toward the stars and perhaps even to God.
A Last Thought:
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
John Andrew Holmer
“It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service.”
Albert Einstein
“The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off his boughs.”
Sri Chaitanya
“No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, pure, and good without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.”
Phillips Brooks
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