+ Dear Relatives and Friends,
As we celebrate again Thanksgiving
Day, i’d like to send you a present:
lines composed by my admired friend
Mary Agnes Zakens:
“I rise each
morning to meet a procession of bearers of good tidings —
Good, even when
they are difficult; Good, because uplifting whenever I rise to the occasion;
Good, because
shared.”
I find it helpful to read this short
reminder every morning; it helps me go into the new day with confidence, even
though i know that much of what i will encounter will indeed be bad news.
Every day i find new proof that even
bad news can be “uplifting”, can raise my aliveness to a higher level, if i
rise to the challenge they present to my imagination, my creativity, and my
courage.
But what does it mean that our
difficulties are “good, because shared”?
We – the human family – have reached
a point at which the challenges we are confronting can only be overcome if all
of us work together. Daily, our bad news
make this obvious – and that is good. Good, because it demands cooperation.
If i rise to that challenge in my
daily life, i contribute my share to overcoming division worldwide.
Here, once again, the saying proves
valid: “Think globally, act locally.”
We can study and face the big
issues, the biggest being division – separation from our authentic self, from
one another, from the Center that holds us together.
We can start by saying nothing that
divides; by doing all we can to heal divisions wherever we meet them.
May your Thanksgiving celebration
this year be first and foremost a healing of relationships. Our world needs it.
Blowing soap bubbles and thinking of
you with love,
Your Brother David
