With my Companions through Thick and Thin

“Isn’t it beautiful to catch someone dozing, not quite all the way out, but hovering in that Great In-between? The head nods. The neck reasserts itself momentarily, stiffens, then the head nods victoriously. We who are seated round the room observe the napper’s happy departure. We’re secretly glad that somebody’s just left the room without ever needing to excuse themselves. We’ve just been taught the comfortable lesson of true friendship: You don’t have to be sentient in order to be loved. True caring is watching someone nap.” – Evan Hodkins
Affirmative prayer: “Infinite Presence, I’m so glad to be with my companions in all kinds of settings. Like the divine promise, ‘I am with you always,’ I get to be in beautiful relationships through thick and thin. How good it is to love so completely. To know that we are never alone. Thank you, God, forever. Amen.” – Rev. Scott