Day 487 The Matters of the Heart or The Truth about ‘Willing-Understanding’

Great news! Miss Violet & Mrs Forget-Me-Not has coasters now. Yesterday was a day less patterned with work but more with care by visiting a friend in rehab. There are many beauties of living in a village, but also some difficult aspects to except, too after living in a big city. Here there are unwritten rules about class and society. Some of us have been challenged before why we care for someone who has alcohol addiction. I believe there is only one way to make an unfortunate life more unfortunate as it is if we cast it out, when it is in the biggest need. A kind word does not cost anything and can be a fountain of hope for a human being. I met some amazingly strong believers here. One of them with whom we made the visit said ‘We are not shop-window Catholics, we practice what we are taught.’ I have prayed for finding a community like this I can be part of before I came here. One of the most important things I’ve learnt during my travels that we cannot condemn people for the actions they take, but we need to have the ability to take full responsibility for our own heart as we step on the path of ‘willing-understanding’. And this ‘willing-understanding’ can give a helping hand in mending brokenness, in standing up from falls, in stripping from anger, in leaving behind unwelcome words and in accepting the ones who others sometimes think are not worthy. We decided to stand by our friend in rehab in this journey she was strong enough to take in whatever we can, prayer, kindness and all sorts. Every person is fearfully and wonderfully made and the least we can do is to hand them the magic buff-clothes of love to get the dust off and help them shine. Let her strengths be a triumph and may God shower her with his unfailing love. Amen.