Ramblings. As in: Have Words -Will Ramble. As in: Ramble: to write or talk aimlessly or without sequence of ideas, to proceed with turns and twists; meander As In: observances of an everyday life in passing through the spectrum of extraordinary.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
This past year I embarked on only one resolution. Just one tiny thing really. It was to pray for a stranger every day. Just someone I passed, or encountered on this great road trip we call being human.
Somewhere along the way it occurred to me that sometimes, not always, but sometimes I should tell the person I saw that they were my stranger. That I was praying for them, for blessings in their life. The chronicle of the reaction by these people and of the entire journey of this resolution, has been something that has been close to my heart all year. The images of those strangers, those faces, their hearts and fears and needs, are well grafted into my spirit. I will never forget them and I hope the little thing that I did made a difference in their lives. I know it certainly had a major impact on mine.
2010 has started off with an exuberance from people across the Internet. In spite of frigid - and I do mean frigid temperatures everywhere, people seem to really be rolling up their sleeves and getting back to work after the holidays with a gusto. I don't remember this exact same feeling last January. This feeling in the air, this mind to work. As a matter of fact, if anything, I remember a kind of Oh, do we have to go back to work already attitude prevailing. But now, everyone has reminded me of the line in the Book of Nehemiah 'for the people had a mind to work.' This has given me a great expectation for the coming year. There are people creating new blogs focusing on the positive, people stepping out to volunteer for the first time in their lives. Sometimes it just comes down to you have to make up your mind to make a difference in your own neighborhood. The kind of difference might be as independent as the man I saw walking down our country road with a garbage bag cleaning up the side of the road. On his own. No community service coordinator in sight or needed. Then I heard about the man that was going out on his own to buy paint to paint over gang graffiti. No committee, no town approval.
In this year I believe the smallest of seeds , of our being positive, of our reaching with compassion, with our willingness to roll up our sleeves, to say a prayer, to make a difference, will produce incredible fruit for all of us.
What I realize after my year of praying for strangers is that what matters to you, on the most basic of human levels, matters to me. What happens to you - happens to me.
I am wishing you great blessings for the coming year, love that is boundless, and a passion to embrace your dreams.
Keep reading and keep believing!
River Jordan
posted by River Jordan at 6:28 PM
 
5 Comments:
You inspire me! Yes'm. You do and you can't help it.
Again, beautifully put River and I'm blessed that our paths have crossed.
Very beautifully written.You have lifted my spirits. Kudos to you in the coming year.....
Very inspiring. Love seeing your posts on FB. God Bless. Janet
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