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Continue, 05JUN
Yeah – well – of course I came across a fitting poem and fitting peanuts pix… just after a text conversation this morning with Pastor about humbly falling at His feet for guidance in being able to know ourselves, so that we can help others…

The poem titled “Continue” came via my favorite poet Maya Angelo’s Facebook page – “Continue To dare to love deeply And risk everything For the good thing”

Yeah- so true –

When I Googled for the whole poem, I found this Christmas advent devotional writing from this church pastor: http://www.stpaulsfay.org/id437.html Yeah – it’s Christmas all year this year for me – and i was even listening to some christmas music from Sting this morning –

It all fits together – God blesses me so much with guidance… yeah… yeah… yeah…

Here is the whole poem

“Continue”
Maya Angelo

My wish for you
Is that you continue

Continue

To be who and how you are
To astonish a mean world
With your acts of kindness

Continue

To allow humor to lighten the burden
Of your tender heart

Continue

In a society dark with cruelty
To let the people hear the grandeur
Of God in the peals of your laughter

Continue

To let your eloquence
Elevate the people to heights
They had only imagined

Continue

To remind the people that
Each is as good as the other
And the no one is beneath
Nor above you

Continue

To remember your own young years
And look with favor upon the lost
And the least and the lonely

Continue

To put the mantel of your protection
Around the bodies of
The young and defenseless

Continue

To take the hand of the despised
And diseased and walk proudly with them
In the high street
Some might see you and
Be encouraged to do likewise

Continue

To plant a public kiss of concern
On the cheek of the sick
And the aged and infirm
And count that as a
Natural action to be expected

Continue

To let gratitude be the pillow
Upon which you kneel to
Say your nightly prayer
And let faith be the bridge
You build to overcome evil
And welcome good

Continue

To ignore no vision
Which comes to enlarge your range
And increase your spirit

Continue

To dare to love deeply
And risk everything
For the good thing

Continue

To float
Happily in the sea of infinite substance
Which set aside riches for you
Before you had a name

Continue

And by doing so
You and your work
Will be able to continue
Eternally