May 8, 2013 T O D A Y

Today, May 8, 2013, I was awakened by a need to answer a call of nature so very early in the morning. My bathroom clock registered thirteen minutes before 6 AM. As it often is the case, I would go back to bed and sleep again usually until 10 or 10:30 AM. This is so because my bedtime is normally not at night but in the morning at around 1:30 or 2:30 AM. My brain is at its optimum level of productivity during peculiar hours. Strange, isn't it? But isn't it also true that despite our similar characteristics as "homo sapiens" we do have individual differences? I believe that this disparities make our world more interesting!

Today, instead of going back to bed, I went straight to my laptop, clicked it open direct to my "Blogs of Grace" which I created at the beginning of this year. My old set of scribbles on "Grace's Blogs" has already reached the 115 mark. This set of blogs was started in 2009 with the trip to Rome and San Giovanni Rotondo  to see the incorrupt body of St. Padre Pio.

Today, being different, I decided to write something about......:

                    T O D A Y

Today, I must learn to give sincere love
To those difficult for me to extend my affection
The ones clothed with pretense and who rob
Me the joy of true friendship and compassion.

Today, I must learn to turn the other cheek
To those who hurt me with insults and ridicule
To bear with patience the harsh words they speak
To the plaque of untruth I must remain "cool."

Today, I must graciously forgive and forget
The people who have betrayed my trust
The heartaches I harbor with pain and regret
A burden I need not carry with harmful fuss.

Today, I must learn to totally cast away
The loss for those who had always been there
Time may have dulled the pain, held it at bay
From the cross, God took it gently from my care.

Today, I must see more clearly Jesus
Feel His presence, alert to His whisper and touch
In every person I meet even the sourpuss
The "always right," the proud, rude, they're no match.

Today, I must accept with "a certain smile"
The aches of arthritic knees, hands and back pain
They're the "trophies" of a life spent on file
To nurture the young, fill some needs, ease life's bane.

Oh, not only must I search high and low today
For the divinity that is in everyone who cross my path
More importantly should I try to fit a perfect "T"
Jesus Who lives, acts and loves in me!


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