and give thanks. like this: thank you.

We can see Spirit made visible when people are kind to one another,
especially when it’s a really busy person,
like you,
taking care of a needy, annoying, neurotic person.
like you.
In fact, that’s often when we see Spirit most brightly.

It’s magic to see Spirit, largely because it’s so rare. Mostly you see the masks and the holograms that the culture present as real. You see how you’re doing in the world’s eyes, or your family’s or-worst of all- yours, or in the eyes of people who are doing better than you-much better than you-or worse.
But you are not your bank account or your ambition.
You’re not the cold clay lump you leave behind when you die.
You’re not your collection of walking personally disorders.
You are Sprit, you are love, and even though it is hard to believe sometime,
you are free.
You’re here to love, and be loved
freely.
If you find out next week that you are terminally ill- and we’re all terminally ill on this bus- what will matter are memories of beauty, that people loved you, and that you loved them

So bless you. You’ve done an amazing thing. And you are loved. You are capable of lives of great joy and meaning.
It’s what you are made of
…And it’s what you’re here for
…Take care of yourselves. Take care of one another.
And give thanks like this.


Thank you.


(By Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts On Faith)