LOVE ONE ANOTHER

Concerns2Joys – Blog by Rev. Michelle Wiltshire-Clement

Sparrows symbolize joy and protection, simplicity and community. This is something that we are yearning for in our lives. In this snapshot, here, sits a lone bird camouflaged on a stone wall. However, before she rested, the sparrow was flapping about. She was sharing food with her bird community. From her nearby friends and family, clanking chirps still sound and branches still bounce. The budding trees beside her are vibrating with birdlife. How stomach-full do you think this lone bird must have been, to perch on this wall, to have this photo taken? Maybe the passengers flying in the plane above were also satiated, after a big meal? The sparrow sits and we fly within metal, but we all need to eat to survive. May this day when we are asked to have faith, be a day that we have faith in all our Essential Workers from janitors, and cashiers, to nurses, physicians and policy makers? May we search for our commonality instead of stumbling into the bad habit of pointing fingers of blame? Let this day, of good intentions, remain full in our hearts so that we have energy and steadfast faith for a healthy, hopeful tomorrow!

INSIDE WE                                                                                                                   

By Rev. Michelle Wiltshire-Clement

Interactions,

between you and me,

begin

moments of insights.

Sandwiched, within these MOMENTs, 

surely, there is

laughter,

and 

anger.

There is

the sigh 

that sometimes multiplies.

There is 

the missed delivered joke, with the forgotten punchline.

Sandwiched, within these Moments, 

there is 

the child that came into our lives

and the child that joined in next.

Between you, 

and me, 

and we,

there are 

more than we thought could ever be.

Together, we hold each other up.

We step forward, 

living more moments, as we

keep growing 

blessedly, linked

in between.

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