Ordinary
Thankful to not be the at the center.
Thankful that I am not at the center of things, I could not bear it.
Thankful that the sun rise and sets irrespective of my doings. The world’s clockwork continues.
Thankful that the rains fall upon my neighbors and myself all at once. The world treats us the same.
Thankful that, while a unique individual, I am not unlike my fellows. We are commonly human.
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Lord, thank you for making me one of many, a part of the whole.
– from the mountain
Consider:
Can I be grateful that I am not the central actor in the story of the world?
Reading:
“I am a part of all that I have met.” — Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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“The drop becomes the ocean when it lets go of its separateness.” — Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī
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“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ.” — Romans 12:4–5 (KJV)
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