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Life's most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?”-

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sometimes we have so much to say, and the days events have us so full of ourselves and our problems we don't stop and look around. Notice our child looks sad, and needs to talk. Notice our teen is distant, notice our dog needs a walk. Little things.

Come home next time and take a moment to look at your family and see if you can see what they need and give them a little something.

The WakingTheodore Roethke I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.I learn by going where I have to go.We think by feeling. What is there to know?I hear my being dance from ear to ear.I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.Of those so close beside me, which are you?God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,And learn by going where I have to go.Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.Great Nature has another thing to doTo you and me; so take the lovely air,And, lovely, learn by going where to go.This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.What falls away is always. And is near.I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.I learn by going where I have to go.