A few months ago I signed up to get a daily Peace Quote from the folks at Living Compassion. Every evening at around 9pm, a little quote about love, compassion, or peace, pops into my inbox. Usually they are by famous people - Gandhi, Jesus, or Mother Theresa. But the quote I found most moving of all was by a young boy, and I thought I'd share it with you:
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth. (Billy - aged 4)
This made me think of my young nephews, and how much I hoped that they felt their names were safe in my mouth. And, it also got me thinking about whether my own name was 'safe in my mouth'. It was a very thought-provoking (or perhaps, 'peace-provoking') quote.
another photo from the Pathways Series by Something Betsy.
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Oh I like that. So true. I hope my kids feel that. I'm not sure about that for me personally I'll have to think on that one.
ReplyDeleteI like that too, Emma. Wow. What an insightful thing for a young person to say. And I love how you turned it around as a way to check if you treat yourself with compassion. I'll be pondering this for myself for a while.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rusty and Toni - I thought it was so insightful and poetic.
ReplyDeleteToni, is that what Byron Katie means by a turnaround? (I always thought I didn't understand what it meant - but maybe I do!)
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.
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How beautiful the words are! The love is come from heart/emotion, that will makes our mouth different from normal people.