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Be present in your life,
with what is comfortable as well as what is difficult.
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Be courageous,
and reach out to others.
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Give when you can give
and receive when it is your time to receive. You will be gifting your family
as well as the world.
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Be grateful and
celebrate life today,
regardless of what it may bring.
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Do not waste time on unimportant things.
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Make spiritual practice
a part of your daily routine.
It is more important than any errand you will do today.
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Allow yourself to remember
a time when you were struggling.  Let this memory soften you so that you are
open to other people's experiences.





 

  

mEGAN'S HeartworkS NoteS Archive

September 2010

Praying For the People of Haiti

I open my eyes in the morning
Thank God for my warm bed
And I pray for the people of Haiti 

I walk with a friend before sunrise
through wooded streets and beautiful homes
And pray for the people of Haiti 

I turn on the shower and feel the warm water
on my healthy body
I stay in half as long as I usually would
And I pray for the people of Haiti

I put on clean clothes
Kiss my husband, and wake my girls
From their safe and quiet night of sleep
And I pray for the people of Haiti

I look through boxes and boxes of cereals
And pour them each a bowl,
giving only what I know they will eat
And I pray for the people of Haiti

As they rush around before the bus comes
Not as organized as I’d like them to be
I help them get ready without raising my voice
And I pray for the people of Haiti

The errands I “need” to do today can wait
I Force myself to watch a scene of
a mother crying next to a body on the street
And I pray for the people of Haiti 

I walk around my house
Turning off  the lights
drink a glass of clean water I usually take for granted
and do the laundry I always complain about
And I pray for the people of Haiti

I send a text message to donate
I vow to take nothing for granted today
Even though I know I will
And I pray for the people of Haiti

- Megan McDowell

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