Daily Meditation: The Autumn of Life

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Thursday March 29, 2012    The Autumn of Life   The autumn leaves can dazzle us with their magnificent colors:  deep red, purple, yellow, gold, bronze, in countless variations and combinations.  Then, shortly after having shown their unspeakable beauty, they fall to the ground and die.  The barren trees remind us that winter is near.   Likewise, the autumn of life has the potential to be very colorful:  wisdom, humor, care, patience, and joy may bloom splendidly just before we fall to the ground and die.      As we look at the barren trees and remember our dead, let us be grateful for the beauty we saw in them and wait hopefully for a new spring.     Comment on this Daily Meditation. Journey with us this Lent. Reflect on COMPASSION.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.

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