Greetings …
This week I wanted to share with you some wise words that a couple of my friends have
shared on Facebook. I’m not sure who the author is, so I can’t acknowledge them, but it is definitely worth a read. (Apologies to anyone who might have seen this already.)
Sometimes I just want it to stop. Talk of Covid-19, protests, looting, brutality. I lose my way. Become convinced that this “new normal” is real life.
But, then I meet an 87 year old who talks of living through Polio, Diphtheria, Vietnam,
protests and yet is still enchanted with life.
He seemed surprised when I said that 2020 must be especially challenging for him. “No”, he said slowly looking me straight in the eyes, “I learned a long time ago not to see the world through the printed headlines. I see the world through the people that surround me. I see the world with the realisation that we love big. Therefore, I just choose to write my own headlines.
“Husband loves wife today.”
“Family drops everything to come to Grandma’s bedside.”
He patted my hand … “Old man makes new friend”.
His words collide with my worries, freeing them from the tether I had been holding tight.
They float away. I am left with a renewed spirit. My headline now reads:
“Woman overwhelmed by the spirit of kindness and the reminder that our capacity to love
is never ending.”
May our headlines help share the story of who we are – a people who are loved by God.
May our response to that love be seen in the way that we treat one another.
Blessings – Heather.