Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Answering a call

There is a built-in sense of indebtedness
in the consciousness of man,
an awareness of owing gratitude,
or being called upon at certain moments
to reciprocate, to answer,
to live in a way which is compatible
with the grandeur and mystery of living.

    Abraham Joshua Heschel, No Religion Is an Island 

 

 

 

 

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