i am thrifty about how i let my faith out. mostly because it is so new to me to share. me, who doesn't keep things bottled up. and even going to haiti, it was hard for me to be free. i still had so many questions. i still deliberated so much about whether or not it was the right thing to do. and yet, not since haiti have i felt so moved. and not since haiti have i felt so free. and not since haiti have i felt so much Hope.
as i lay in bed the other night, the words just came so clearly. i said to my husband, why is it that we will travel to the ends of the earth to help, but we ignore our neighbors as if their problems aren't "that" worthy? dead silence. and then the "you're right."
and now i am giddy with possiblility all over again.
You are on to it.
ReplyDelete"Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you" Mother Teresa
"To whom shall I send my gifts - to the one whose gate is nearest you" - Islam
The Coastal Salish people of BC have a word for neighbors helping neighbors - tsetsewati.
All cultures have this concept. We just need to put it into action. Love always -