I have been thinking a lot about my village lately. Having had two total knee replacements this past year, I experienced, yet again, the benefit and goodness of being in a village.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE: I use the phrase often, but more recently, I have started a journal entry about who the faces in my village are. It has been good for me to name the people I am grateful for and consider my privilege in giving and receiving.
Today, I came across this, and I paused again and thought more carefully about people I know and what I don’t know. I wonder who I am walking by and where I am missing an opportunity to reach out and offer encouragement or a tangible act of love.
I want to be a person who chooses to see and respond to others. This Christmas, I pray I can do this in a way that offers hope and peace!
It takes courage to be kind ~Maya Angelou.
Until tomorrow,
Trish
