What if each person we encountered this Advent season received a
smile? Could we bring the love the world craves instead of adding
to the critical conversation? “Make me an instrument of Your peace…Where there
is hatred let me sow Your love…” Another song our world needs a little more of.
What a gift to give: a smile; a warm greeting of love and a
tender expression of care. The power of love is a force to be reckoned with. When we love, we can change the world. Start small, some of us need to, because loving
is a verb, and it is hard work to go against our own self-protective, and sometimes selfish tendencies. Begin with your family by smiling and greeting them with kindness. Let this be your first Monday of Advent’s act ~ kindness. When you have been able to smile with kindness on the ones closest to
you, try the stranger. Witness the power of one person who simply loves. One came two
thousand years ago from heaven and loved; He changed the world.
Medicine from Sacred Writings:
“How fearless are You, O Babe, that You let all have You;
upon every one that meets with You, You do smile;
to everyone that sees You, You
are gladsome!
Your love is one that hungers after all.”
Hymn IX on the Nativity
Ephraim The Syrian
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