“Love one another.
Just as I have loved you,
you are to love on another.”
-John 13:34 – The Mandate of Jesus
I cried when I first read the following – something to ponder in our hearts
“My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. I want someone to look at that number and say, ‘That’s fucked up.’ Fix society. Please.”
-Written by Leelah Alcorn, 17 years old, a transgender teen, from an online suicide note. She was in despair over rejection by her Christian parents and others.
Here are some thoughtful words on prayer and meditation from Marv and Nancy Hiles: All The Days Of My Life: A Yearbook of Found Sentences for the Human Journey:
“We need to sit still, let our emptiness remain empty, and wait patiently. If we fill the foreground with busy questions, reasons, or proposed actions, we will miss God who is the silent, yet ever present horizon on the world. Let us stay in our chairs as long as we dare, breathing gently until the rhythm takes over. Let us risk inaction, become receptive, give our thoughts to the blank wall, let our layers be peeled back, accept our dreams as true even if we must wait and wait, trusting all human life is part of an intricate unfolding of the One Reality.”
Pope Francis said it well: “Who am I to judge?”
I hope you will listen to the following music – it is good for prayer and reflection
“On the wooden board outside of the meditation hall in Zen monasteries, there is a four-line inscription. The last line is “Don’t waste your life.” Our lives are made of days and hours, and each hour is precious. Have we wasted our hours and our days? Are we wasting our lives? These are important questions.”
-Taken from Being Peace
Please love everyone unconditionally including yourself.
We are all sparks of the Divine flame
Blessed Be
Compassionate Be
Boldly Be
