“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.”― T.S. Eliot
My favorite poet. Deeply contemplative and exceptionally observant, but unfortunately too literary.
Let us contemplate.
Benjamin Franklin every night asked of himself, what good have I done today. Every morning begins a period of time where we are presented with an opportunity to serve. Have we responded correctly?
Maybe not every day, but too often, someone misstates something about another person or group of people. Do we tacitly nod as if in agreement? Do we gently respond with corrective information? How often do we say the healing word for the moment?
When walking in nature, do we pause to look at the miracle of a leaf? Or of a different bug or bird or critter? Or visit an art museum and pause to contemplate a beautiful piece of art? Or the beauty of the moment observing mother and child or adult child with elderly parent?
There is a word. Awareness. Do we go through the day mired deep into our own thoughts and miseries? Or, we are aware of the world around and our place in it?
I pray for awareness.
Faith Venture 
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