Thank you, Lord, for this season of sun and slow motion, of games and porch sitting, of picnics and light green fireflies on heavy purple evenings, and praise for slight breezes.
It’s good, God, as the first long days of your creation.
Let this season be for me a time of gathering the pieces into which my business has broken me. O God, enable me now to grow wise through reflection, peaceful through the song of the cricket, re-created through the laughter of play.
Most of all Lord, let me live easily and “grace-fully” for a spell, so that I may see others’ souls deeply, share in a silence unhurried, listen to the sounds of sunlight and shadows, explore barefoot the land of forgotten dreams and shy hopes, and find the right words to tell another who I am.
Thoughts to bring along on a summer day
- The most destructive habit: worry.
- The greatest loss: self respect.
- The ugliest personality trait: selfishness.
- The greatest “shot in the arm:” encouragement.
- The most effective sleeping pill: peace of mind.
- The most powerful force in life: love.
- The most worthless emotion: self pity.
- The greatest joy: giving.
- The most satisfying work: helping others.
- Our greatest natural resource: our youth.
- The greatest problem to overcome: fear.
- The most crippling failure disease: excuses.
- The world’s most incredible computer: the brain.
- The greatest asset: faith.
- The most powerful channel of communication: prayer.