A Tidbit for Thursday
We continue with prayers from the Summer Section of the book Prayers for Healing. Edited by Maggie Oman, the books offers blessings, poems and meditations from people of various faith traditions. Today, May Sarton offers some words of wisdom worthy of your thought and meditation:
“Pain is the great teacher.
I woke before dawn with this thought
Joy and happiness are what we take and do not question.
They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being.
But, pain forces us to think, and to make connections, to sort out what is what, to discover what has been happening to cause it.
And, curiously enough, pain draws us to other human beings in a significant way, whereas joy or happiness to some extent, isolates.”
Today, as you encounter others in their pain, may your life and their lives be strengthened by the significance of your time together.
Prayer: Holy One, teach me to be present with others in their pain. Amen.
--Ben Keckler
08.20.09
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