Tonight we will have friends over for a simple dinner and a light-hearted game of dominoes. It could seem superficial unless you believe that true spirituality can be found in the mundane, in the simplest of shared pleasures, good food and companionship.
I know enough, just enough, about their lives to know that it's an arduous journey, a journey that often leaves them isolated from others, a journey that takes it's toll financially and emotionally and psychologically. In a great act of love, they embraced two little boys, brothers abandoned by a young member of their extended family who was caught in a web of self-destruction. What came in the years that followed no one would have willingly chosen for themselves.
So maybe the most spiritual and meaningful act of love and mercy would be the simple act of sharing a meal and some laughter, a little companionship along the journey.
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