October 26, 2006

• Steady Hand, Full Cup

  

  The fire in the woodstove has taken the edge off of a
  chilly morning; a sense of serene stillness hovers over
  the neighborhood. Everything outside of me is peace and tranquility. 

  On the inside, though, there is much scurrying:  reviewing
  my to-do list, trading priorities like baseball players, scuttling
  this job so that one gets done, wondering how today’s
  deadlines will get met. 

  This busy morning, on a whim, I picked up a notebook my
  father kept and read this quote he wrote down sixty years ago
  at 7 p.m. 4-19-46 at St. Giles Church in Vancouver BC:  
  
  

  It takes a steady hand to hold a full cup. 
  

  
  Those words immediately altered my perspective and calmed my spirit.  I instinctively link the words full cup with the word blessing.  Yes, I have been blessed with a full cup today.  Give me a steady hand and a steady heart, Lord.  I pray that I don’t spill too many drops.   

  
  
  

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