The opportunity to love

This photo isn't mine. It was taken by Kirsten Bole.

                                                       

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The first homeless person I ever saw was over forty years ago...

I can still picture the old woman's weathered face

And the tattered clothing she wore...

She touched a deep place in me...

A place of compassion...

I felt saddened by her circumstances...

And though we never spoke...

I felt a kinship with her in some way...

Just a moment in time...

Yet I still think of her after all these years.

Is there a person who left an imprint on your life? Or maybe you had the opportunity to change someone else's life...with a warm smile...a kind gesture...?

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My cat (Pippi) warms my heart with her curiosity, her playfulness, her ways of showing love...

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We can do no great things,
only small things with great love.

~ Mother Teresa ~

"Life offers many opportunities to love"