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That this leg may stand on solid ground and your giving
begin, twice blessed are you who take this second leg to heart. That you may
give to others, you must give to yourself. Forgive yourself all that keeps
you from greatness. I am a child of God and from my soul I give. My heart
beats to give to you, my God, and your children. I give myself the knowledge
that I am made in God’s image and likeness to be perfect, whole and
complete. I am all I need to be to set the second leg as the foundation of
God’s will for me and all others.
The gift of giving is more than the mental process of I
think I should, therefore I give. Be responsible in giving. If others
benefit from your gift and you or your family are left wanting, this is not
responsible giving, this is suffering. Be you abundant so others may prosper
also. God has not meant for you to go hungry so others may eat. You are not
to go naked so others may be clothed. You shall not live in the streets,
that others may live in a mansion. There is no gift so small that it does
not make a brick. But to give only so a brick is added to your mansion is
done in vain, for no brick is made.
Be you loving to yourself as God loves you. A BRICK IS MADE.
Give in return this love to all else around you. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you kind to yourself that you may know kindness. A BRICK IS MADE. Give
this kindness to all else around you. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you your life’s work for it is the cornerstone of life. A BRICK IS MADE.
In return see that others have a life’s work to be done. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be there food on your table so you will not go hungry. A BRICK IS MADE. Eat
no more than you need to live so there will be food for others. A BRICK IS
MADE.
Be you clothed so you will be protected from the heat or cold. A BRICK IS
MADE. Give that which you do not use to those in rags. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you sheltered so you will be dry and warm. A BRICK IS MADE. Make it so
all have shelter. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you receiving when someone gives to you. A BRICK IS MADE. That others may
receive from what you give. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you filled in your basic requirements and that of your family. A BRICK IS
MADE. See you then that others have the same. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you relieved of your pain. A BRICK IS MADE. Give relief to those in pain.
A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you sightful though you are blind. A BRICK IS MADE. Give you eyes to
those who cannot see. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you listening though you cannot hear. A BRICK IS MADE. Give you ears to
those who cannot hear. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you heard though you cannot speak. A BRICK IS MADE. Hear you those that
cannot speak. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be active though you are lame. A BRICK IS MADE. Put those who cannot move
into motion. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you beautiful though you appear disfigured. A BRICK IS MADE. See beauty
in those who seem to be ugly. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you healthy though you are ill. A BRICK IS MADE. Give health to those who
are sick. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you seduced not to use drug or drink in ways for which it was not
intended. A BRICK IS MADE. Give freedom to the enslavement of these, to
those who are in its bondage. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you quick in mind though you are slow. A BRICK IS MADE. Take time to
understand those whose wit is dim. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you honest though you have committed crimes. A BRICK IS MADE. Hold
responsible ones who have committed a crime and then forgive them. A BRICK
IS MADE.
Be you caring of a child’s well-being though yours may have been taken. A
BRICK IS MADE. See that others are caring of children and their well-being.
A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you courteous to all and assume no place that is not yours. A BRICK IS
MADE. Allow the elderly, the lame and children to go before you. A BRICK IS
MADE.
Be you respectful though you may have been disrespected. A BRICK IS MADE.
See that others respect one another. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be one who does not take a life. A BRICK IS MADE. Give mercy to and yet hold
responsible one who has taken a life. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you knowing that you are of greatness, though you may have been
belittled. A BRICK IS MADE. Give in return greatness to those who have been
belittled. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you trustworthy taking not that which you have not been given or have not
earned. A BRICK IS MADE. Give trust to others that they may be trustworthy.
A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you soft-spoken with respect in your voice, though you may have been
hollered on. A BRICK IS MADE. Require others to softly and with respect
speak to each other. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you gentle with your touch though you have been made to smart by a heavy
hand. A BRICK IS MADE. See you that no one is laid a hand to. A BRICK IS
MADE.
Be you so loving of an animal that you make room in your home for it. A
BRICK IS MADE. Give sanctuary to animals in need. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be caring of animals making them neither sick nor injured. A BRICK IS MADE.
Give health to those animals in need of it. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you fed by that which has not red blood. A BRICK IS MADE. Spare the life
of an animal that you would otherwise use for food. A BRICK IS MADE.
Be you respectful of all life. A BRICK IS MADE. Take not so much that there
is no more to come. A BRICK IS MADE.
Let not a day go by that you have not been giving. Open your mind to the
world around you. Find in all life a reason and something to give. God gives
life every second of every day. Should not you render with the same thoughts
a life to be spared? Should you not think that all life is as precious as
your own? Think you not that it makes no difference or that any gift you
give is insignificant. For I tell you truly, there is no gift you give too
little that it will not be given back to you to the nth degree.
The Book of Bricks
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