Love will build a bridge

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, Sunday, March 13, 2011

When we build a bridge from our shared pain,
linking soul to soul
and reaching out our hands to help each other,
we build a way so powerful and strong
that no division among us  can ever threaten to tear it down.

We are not here merely to look within,
spin our own tales, and then pass away unnoticed:
we are here to help one another,
to reach out beyond the pain we share
and touch, and hold, and bestow our words
of wisdom and of hope.

When hand touches hand
in friendship and compassion
imagine the sparks that fly,
the power that is kindled:

Power not to destroy, but to heal.
Power not to block, but to free.
Power not to hate, but to love.
Power not to control life, but to live
arms wide open to life,
as we walk across that bridge
which sorrow and love have built, together.

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