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Rod in “The Best is Yet to Come” 11/6/04
Photo by Shira Greenburg ©2004 by Broadway.com. Used by Permission
A Thought for Today
Be thankful for the small things in life,
they always make the difference.
A FLIGHT FROM6THE
PAST
22 November, 2001
TWO THANKSGIVING PRAYERS
A THANKSGIVING PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT PRAY
To those who cannot pray. To those who cannot walk upon the ground. To
those who cannot see and those who cannot hear the world around them. To
those who cannot speak. To those in misery and discomfort. To those poor
of means or poor of spirit to those who feel oppressed or put upon. To
those who have not yet found a God or someone they can pray to or
someone with whom to pray.
Oh lord, for these our sisters and our brothers who do not pray and will
not pray, we ask that you provide enough wisdom and compassion in all of
us to pray for them . . . and for ourselves that we find better ways of
caring for and helping one another.
- RM 11/21/98. Adapted from "A Prayer For Our Special Brothers &
Sisters" from "An Outstretched Hand.", 1980
9 / 11: BEFORE AND BEYOND
We offer prayers for the many who are without the love, friendship and
closeness of those they lost this year to murder, violence, accident,
illness and age. And we pray for the heroes both real and in our hearts.
We thank God or whomever we believe in for the strength to go on in the
face of personal and National loss.
We give thanks for the women and men in harms way protecting us; at
home, overseas, in our airports, at our borders and under our bridges.
We add a prayer and mention for the women of Afghanistan who have been
oppressed and we promise to raise our voices on their behalf and on
behalf of women and children everywhere who are treated in a substandard
way.
Most of all we do give thanks. To God and country, friends and family
and to those who have gone before us and will come afterward to ensure a
decent way of life for more and more of us.
And we say no amen’s because the prayers and hope will continue.
RM 11/21/2001
In a few days the last month of the year begins and at the end of April
all of us here at A Safe Place to Land begin our 8th year of being on
the Net. How could this day pass without my thanks to all of you who
consider this little spot a safe and secure stopping place. Thanks and
I’ll be here for you as long as I can be.
If you’re traveling over this weekend be careful. I’ll be back Saturday
and Sunday with poetry from The Sound of Solitude and on Monday with a
brand new edition of Ask Rod. Sleep warm.
RM 11/24/04 1:28AM PST
A NOTE
FROM KEN
We don't celebrate
Thanksgiving here in South Africa but I wish we did. I love the idea of
taking a special day to give thanks and South Africans, of all people,
have a lot to be thankful for. Maybe one day we'll recognize it as an
official holiday.
Meanwhile, a very happy
Thanksgiving to all our American and Canadian friends. Have a joyful,
and above all safe, holiday weekend.
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