“When you’re drowning and someone is reaching down from a rock and says, ‘Grab my hand!’ you do it! That’s when it’s all right to use someone, Alec, because that’s how they got there. That’s how I did. I mean, I still barely even have my own footing, but I’m saying, ‘Grab my hand. Use me!’”
~Healing River
Hey MItch, for some reason, this reminds me of Marge Piercy’s poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/to-be-of-use
Enjoyed the poem, Rita. It smells of loam and hope.
Summed up in two words: Pay Forward
A great quote!
Amen!
I’d like to get a hold of that novel. Also the one you’re serializing on Saturdays. Someday!
Working on them, Joy. Thanks!
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So often too busy to notice the hand — the helper or the desperate one.
Amen, Mitch. This touches my heart! 💛
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