The Thirty Maybe's



Maybe love has always been
Maybe we made up hate
Maybe we don't find God because we don't look
Maybe this is heaven
Maybe we invented hell
Maybe there is always hope
Maybe we pretend there is not
Maybe we know all the answers
Maybe we ask the wrong questions
Maybe we can share this world
Maybe we don't have to fight
Maybe we wrote the script
Maybe this is our choice
Maybe we need to learn
Maybe we need to remember
Maybe we forgot who we are
Maybe we will recall the truth
Maybe we can relax
Maybe we can all calm down
Maybe we can recognize each other
Maybe we can recognize ourselves
Maybe it is all a dream
Maybe we will soon awaken
Maybe there is no mine
Maybe there is no yours
Maybe there is just ours
Maybe we know this
Maybe we just don't realize it
Maybe we soon will
Maybe...

Diarmuid Cronin

This will help us to resist the temptation to focus on material concerns at the expense of spiritual responsibilities.

Matthew 6:19-34.

Faith Will Come

You say you have no faith?
Love - and faith will come.
You say you are sad?
Love - and joy will come.
You say you are alone?
Love - and you will break out of your solitude.
You say you are in hell?
Love - and you will find yourself in heaven.

Carlo Carretto

I love this poem!  It is so short and simple, but oh so absolutely true.  Not long ago I wrote about being in a season of winter in my life.  We all have many, many cycles like this throughout our lives in which we grow and spring forth with new life and then there are those seasons where we draw into ourselves and hibernate for a little while.  All are necessary and healthy.

But, whether you're in a season of spring or a season of winter, love will see you through.  What better way to find a way through sadness than to reach out to someone in need?  The joy you receive from that little act will fill you to overflowing for a long time to come.

When you are feeling alone, find someone in your near vicinity to love and immediately you're no longer alone! 

When you find faith waning, love someone and, surprisingly, faith will appear!

Love is always in our hearts, ready to be given away.  It is up to us to find it and use it or to let it shrink into such a small place that it becomes difficult to find.  It seems to be paradoxical, doesn't it?  The more you give away, the more you get back. 

Amazing!

 Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.

Matthew 9:22