Putting Up With

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Community is

putting up with and taking care of

with kindness and patience.

“Patience bears calamities

with constancy and calmness

and submits to the will of God.”[1]

Love is kind,

Love is grateful,

Love is pleasant. [2]

The marginalized

endure abandonment

and heartlessness.

Their forbearance

and unassuming meekness

changes hearts and lives.

Love is always selfless,

Love is slow to anger,

Love is quick to forgive. [3]

The greedy and thoughtless

are demanding

and give no return.

Bearing one another’s burdens

brings peace and joy

and make a spirit kind.

[1] Father Judge Meditations p. 237

[2] 1 Corinthians 13: 4

[3] 1 Corinthians 13: 5

Published by carlfmaulbeck

In the movie "Harvey", Elwood P Dowd, played by Jimmy Stewart, explains coping with the world this way: "Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." Well, for years I was smart, oh so very smart, I too recommend pleasant - Trust the harmony

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