giving is receiving

[bluegreen17]

(reminder to self):

giving is receiving. but not giving in the hopes of getting something back later,or an external reward even right away. the giving itself is the receiving.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
...where there is injury, pardon;
...where there is doubt, faith;
...where there is despair, hope;
...where there is darkness, light;
...where there is sadness, joy;

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
...to be consoled as to console;
...to be understood as to understand;
...to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
...it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
...and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

-the prayer of st.francis of assisi

Comments

[iswari.livejournal.com]

I love that prayer! =)

(Btw, I found your journal last night, and added you to my friends' list.)

[bluegreen17]

wow. thanks for adding me and leaving a note. it looks like we have a lot of interests in common. cowabunga! gonna add you back...

[damson.livejournal.com]

I often wondered what the rest of that prayer was. It a good one to always remember - thanks for posting it. Think I may write it out and stick it on my wall. :)

[solarfields.livejournal.com]

My refrigerator needs this!

[papilleau.livejournal.com]

This, has always spoken to me...