Mark

“Loving You —after Deuteronomy 6:4–9 Loving You with every beat of my heart, with every breath of my mouth, with all I am and all I have, I affirm the truth of Your Being. Teaching Your love to children, I secure knowledge of You for another generation. Speaking of You when sitting at home, I make my dwelling a sanctuary for self and other. Sharing Your wisdom when walking outside, I make my life a message of hope. Affirming You when lying down I forgive and ask for forgiveness. Proclaiming You when rising up, I dedicate my day to Your Will. Living in You I glove my hands with compassion, and my deeds with justice. I open my eyes to Your Wisdom that my vision be daring and true. I mark moments of meeting with knowledge of Your Presence that my going out and my coming home be in peace.”
― Mark S. Burrows, The Paraclete Poetry Anthology: New and Selected Poems

“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”
― Simone Weil