People’s actions have a transparent quality about them when they are motivated by a sense of love. The love shines through their actions, but it is only discernable to those awake to its meaning. For example, a friend invites you to a meal prepared not only with cooking skill, but also with deep love and friendship. You can taste the results of the cooking skill, but are you aware enough to “taste” the love? The friend’s meal contains a hidden meaning. Would such a meal have a quality different from a similar meal purchased at a restaurant?
In the same way, any gift given in friendship reveals more than just the quality of the gift itself. For one who knows how to look, the gift itself reveals the love of the friend who gives it. The tragedy is that such a way of seeing is so often overlooked. It depends on a certain vision of life that can only be developed with practice. Those who have the vision know how to discover the hidden meanings behind the seemingly ordinary events of life.
Let us pray: “Lord, I’ve frequently missed the hidden meanings in the many acts of kindness people have shown to me. May I become more aware of the love contained in the acts of friendship which I so often take for granted. Amen”.
In the same way, any gift given in friendship reveals more than just the quality of the gift itself. For one who knows how to look, the gift itself reveals the love of the friend who gives it. The tragedy is that such a way of seeing is so often overlooked. It depends on a certain vision of life that can only be developed with practice. Those who have the vision know how to discover the hidden meanings behind the seemingly ordinary events of life.
Let us pray: “Lord, I’ve frequently missed the hidden meanings in the many acts of kindness people have shown to me. May I become more aware of the love contained in the acts of friendship which I so often take for granted. Amen”.
