Walk Gently With Intention

 

Daily Gratitude Year 13 - Day 15: Today, I am grateful for those who walk gently with intention. 

The world needs more gentleness. It needs it more than ever. 

I love watching small children when they are acting with gentleness toward each other or any living creature. There is a beauty in their touch that is almost holy. There is a pureness and sincerity that is lost as children grow up. 

"A gentle person treads lightly, listens carefully, and touches with reverence. Let's dress ourselves with gentleness." Henri Nouwen

Social media allows people to blurt things out they would never say in person. People are fascinated with views and likes. I am reading a book that shares some of the research coming about about our children having phone based childhoods. In a nutshell, put down the phone and go out and build a snowman. 

Since I use social media for gratitude and keeping in touch with far away family and friends, I have to be thankful for it, too. In all things, what are we reflecting? Who are we reflecting? What are we pouring into the world at home, at work, or into cyberspace. 

"But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!" -Galatians 2:22-23

Against such things... there is no law. We can choose how we walk into each room, each building, and each day. 

Today, I am grateful for those who walk gently with intention.