good stuff

If you know me you know one of my pet peeves is e-mail forwards. ...Which is why my wife giggles and hits forward on the e-mails she receives from friends at work.
This is a good one.



Best Prayer I Have Heard In A Long Time...

Heavenly Father, help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last
night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to
cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments
with her children.

Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who
can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing
his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans
for next semester.

Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot
every day is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst
nightmares .

Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the
store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment,
knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be
the last year that they go shopping together .

Heavenly Father , remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the
greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold
dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all
humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy
and love.