Monday, July 25, 2005

Scraps

TODAY'S QUOTE:
Love cannot survive if you just give it scraps of yourself, scraps of your time, scraps of your thoughts.
Mary O'Hara

Scraps are leftovers. Crazy quilts are constructed of scraps of fabric not large enough for other uses. Meals made of leftovers lack the flavor and freshness of just cooked items, even the texture changes with reheatings. Fast and easy attention works for some things, but guarantees disaster for others.
Love is a gift we give to one another. Rewrapping the same item over and over with little thought or effort will not satisfy the one gifted for long, no matter how big of a bow you slap on it. Make crazy quilts, eat fast and easy from time to time, but do not limit what you give to love, or it will limit what it returns until it disappears altogether.
Grasp even the smallest moments and make them large with action. Grant your undivided attention to love while you have it. Love can be snatched from your grasp in a heartbeat. And it just seems foolish to feed with scraps something so very magical.....as love.

THINK ABOUT IT
LET IT GROW
THEN DECIDE