Yesterday in all the todoo about the Zonta event, two people came deliberately up to me to say congratulations and to talk: Tommy Sowers and Jo Ann Emerson, both running for State Representative. My table laughed at that uneasy circle. Clint Tracy gave me --and all of the nominees --a citation.
I have trouble not being kind to Jo Ann Emerson and I think we have always hit it off. I can't find that picture of Jo Ann Emerson but I have it on the roll. I say all this to bring me to the role of compassion again. Why is it that I can show compassion to people who don't fill major roles in my life but I am tired of showing compassion to people who are family.
Today I pray for myself, first. I prayed practically all night long that I would be better today. I am so tired of dealing with this infection which, at times, had tried to eat me alive. It has eaten my spirit and I must cast off the old and get back to the new.
My other prayers:
1. Jim's safety as he drives home;
2. My sisters --Betty, Jennie, Rose Marie and Julia and Velna's children
Let them all have good days and feel God's spirit moving within their hearts.
3. Harry -- he is a vegetable but as long as he has breath, I want him to be calm and drift out of this world peacefully when God calls him home;
Along with the prayers, I do believe that prayers lead to action. So I take the words of the Dalai Lama that you should do something kind for someone every day. Today I sent a card to Eunice Hamilton, our cousin, who is in bad shape. Mama's favorite niece. Mama used to say that we "should put feets to our prayers" and have action. I think she was right.....again.
No comments:
Post a Comment