As I was staring into a campfire the other day I started thinking how everything needs the right amount of sustenance and support to survive - even fire. Without enough oxygen to breathe and timber to consume, even something as powerful as fire cannot survive.
The same thing is true of our spirit; this is the fire within us and it, too, needs sustenance and support if it is to flourish. And, just as some people are better than others at building and maintaining a fire, so too are some better than others at building and supporting our spirit. We've all known those who are so full of grace that the fires within everyone around them flourish. And then we've seen others who seem to suck the life out of everyone in their path.
We talk about people who are 'good human beings' and I wonder if what we mean is that they foster the fire within those they meet. If so, can we say that human beings can become more humane beings by fostering the fires within others?.
Human beings can become more humane beings
by fostering the fires within others.
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