Nothing Is Wasted
This was posted on my Facebook news feed this morning by Johnnette Benkovic . A much needed reminder: " if you want to love, you must be willing to be vulnerable. ...if you extend your hand often enough in a gesture of love, someone will drive a nail through it. If you love others, you may be deceived, betrayed, abandoned. If you love Christ, you must walk the difficult road to Calvary. But you will begin to see yourself borne by powers that are beyond you. ...Love inspired by the virtue of charity is one of the most potent forces in the world." -- Father Benedict Groeschel Then, I thought of the poem, Anyway , which was supposed to have hung on Mother Teresa's wall. It has been attributed to Dr. Kent Keith. It hung on the wall of my classroom and I re-visit it from time to time when I need to be reminded to do it "anyway." People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accus...