Virgil born B.C. 70.
Evangelista Torricelli born 1608.
Edward Fitzgerald born 1763.
Being not unacquainted with woe, I learned to help the unfortunate.
--Virgil.
There are some hearts like wells green-mossed and deep
As ever summer saw,
And cool their water is, yea, cool and sweet;
But you must come to draw.
They hoard not, yet they rest in calm content,
And not unsought will give;
They can be quiet with their wealth unspent,
So self-contained they live.
--Author unknown.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you
with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might
know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
--2 Corinthians 2. 4.
Gracious Father, help me to understand that while I may be content to
rest with what I have gathered, I cannot preserve the strength of my
soul unless I share my possessions. Give me a passion for humanity
that will advance gifts through love, and offer service without the
need of an appeal. Amen.