frantic

     

well my dear ones,

I've been thinking about a song called Time,

from the Pink Floyd album,

Dark Side of the Moon.

We're talking some time ago here (1973),

hence, some song facts for those

who may be unfamiliar with it:

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1688

Specifically, I was thinking about

one particular line,

"Hanging on in quiet desperation

 is the English way."

At the time he wrote it,

nigh well nearly 40 years ago,

Roger Waters thought it seemed to

sum up the English character.

Actually, it also summed up the character

of many other people as well.

Yet these days,

instead of quiet desperation,

many people I meet

seem to be living lives of

frantic desperation,

running through life

with little sense of direction,

and living on the edge.

Sometimes it's obvious

after a little conversation,

but often it's not;

there's plenty of people

you'll run into every day

who are right on the verge

of losing their last bit of hope

or

of rising up toward being

more than they ever knew

they could be.

A smile,

even though you maybe don’t feel like,

and a kind word of two from you,

could make all the difference.

May God grant you the grace

to have the discernment

to see who the truly frantic people are,

and to give them a word of encouragement.

Have a great week!

grace, peace, and love to you,

dave


"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil:
 God will not hold us guiltless.
 Not to speak is to speak.
 Not to act is to act."
      --- Dietrich Bonheoffer