Carla

 Jesus "came not to be served but to serve" (Matthew 20:28). Today, let's do the same. First5

We do make a difference in our world.
And the choices we make do matter.
There are days when I need to hear Mr. Rogers’ voice, “It's not so much what we have in this life that matters. It's what we do with what we have. The alphabet is fine, but it's what we do with it that matters most. Making words like ‘friend’ and ‘love’. That's what really matters.” (We could use more of Mr. Rogers in this world. Just sayin’.)
So, I wonder, how do we find the courage to choose what really matters?
What I do know is that each week I’m more aware of why struggles (anger or tears or sadness cropping up when I least expect them) make choices about what matters difficult. This is no surprise, with all the uncertainty and conflict in our world. I forget (or lose track) of the integrity of my inner Voice (what Marilynn Robinson called the “reservoir of goodness”).
We’ve lost the empowerment that comes from knowing that what is at our core (compassion, generosity, kind-heartedness, our capacity for connection) is greater than whatever change confronts or challenges us.
In other words, we have forgotten our best selves.
We have forgotten that we were made for this, one soul helping another.

Yes, we get to choose the kind of world we want to live in. Let’s begin with Helen Keller’s reminder, “I am one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And just because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
Taking Mother Teresa’s words to heart, “If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”
Bottom line; gratefully, indifference is not an option.

Sabbath Moments 

"The plain fact is that the planet does not need

more successful people.

But it does desperately needs

more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers,

and lovers of every kind.

It needs people who live well in their place.

It needs people of moral courage

willing to join the fight

to make the world habitable and humane.

And these qualities have little to do

with success as we have defined it."

David Orr