The World Is A Better Place Because Of You
Michael Kroth • July 24, 2020
Who Will You Thank Today?
How many people who make a positive difference in our lives do we thank? If we were to say thank you every single day we couldn't thank them all.
Tell one of them "Thank you" today, and you'll make their day. And yours.
(BTW, people love
to receive real mail, in the mail...send someone a card once a week. Just try it and see how you
feel.)
Tell someone "Thank you" today, and you'll make their day.
And yours.
Earth Day is this week. As we consider the state of our world - and the ecology of both our material and spiritual environment - it makes sense to ask what our role is, has been, and is supposed to be in relationship to "our common home" (Pope Francis).
Here are some initial thoughts about elegance, nature, and depth; a poem about happiness; and even a haiku.
It takes just a second to break something. Restoring what was broken takes time.
Outcomes are not certain, though some are much more highly predictable than others.
Life is messy. We know that. But some people move through that mess with a surprising kind of grace.
“The poor in spirit are by no means poor-spirited. They are persons who see so much to be, so much to do, such limitless reaches to life and goodness that they are profoundly conscious of their insufficiency and incompleteness.” ~Rufus Jones, The Inner Life , p. 19
