GENTLENESS

excerpt from A CHEROKEE FEAST OF DAYS, DAILY MEDITATIONS, by Joyce Sequichie Hifler

Gentleness has amazing strength.  Where some would dominate, others are sweet and compassionate and this gives us hope.  A gentle person is cool, clear water on a hot day - a refreshing change from hostile attitudes.  How many times we have met someone we wanted to admire but couldn't . They would not trust us to see beyond their protective walls.  Caring and friendship was sorely needed but bitterly ignored.  To understand these things makes us gentle.  It gives us the touch we need with every age. Young and old yearn to hear a voice that tells them they are so important, so loved, that nothing could make us turn from them.  A gentle word is warm sunshine to every heart, a touch that is never forgotten.