Carrying Them in My Heart

When Shahzeb Anwer traveled from Pakistan to Alabama to have surgery, he found much more than good health care. The people of Birmingham provided him a place to stay, meals, drove him around town, and cared for him post-surgery. Not only was the operation a success, his new friends had become family. It was only natural that, when he returned home to Pakistan to be married, he invited the entire Alabama city to the wedding.
“You can kiss your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but you always carry them in your heart, your mind, because you do not just live in the world. The world lives in you.” - Frederick Buechner, Telling the Truth
Affirmative prayer: Infinite Presence, I give thanks for my beloveds, holding them in gratitude and high blessing. May the love we share feel like answered prayer, that they may know their gracious place in the heart of Life. Thank you, God, forever. Amen.

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