Saturday, June 6, 2009

My dear God,

How is it, O Lord, that two people can see things so differently? How can people see exactly the same thing, yet interpret it so opposite of each other? How can people find a common language to talk to one other?

I value diversity, unique ways of seeing things. I may have a piece of reality, someone else has a piece and others have their pieces too. We come together bringing our pieces to a puzzle. We need each other to see the whole picture. What a beautiful thing it is to work together to build something, recognizing that none of us has the whole picture. I can still only see my piece.

Perhaps, O God, the challenge in life is to learn the language of the other, to listen, to give ear to another opinion. Per chance there is something to be learned in opening one's self to more of what is rather than what is not.

Teach me,
dear Lord,
the art
of listening
and learning.
Teach me
your way.
May I stand
humbly before you,
giving way
to you
and your plan.
May my
first prayer
be a prayer
of humility,
love and devotion.

Love, Andrea