Day 34 - The Gentle Stream

People need to find gentleness in others as they need a gentle stream to come to and sit beside, in order to hear themselves think and be calmed by her waters.

Gentleness is an oft over looked quality, rarely promoted. This world declares that it is only the strong and assertive and forthright and determined who get noticed. But why do you want to be noticed? Because if you are not seen to stand out, you feel in some way that you have failed.

But gentleness doesn’t demand to be noticed, just rested in. She knows the soul needs places of calm and reassurance to go to, people who will accept you for who you are and as you are. Gentle streams can rarely be found on the highways of life. They are often tucked away in places of peace and beauty, places which others have to leave the highways and byways to discover. They don’t advertise themselves. They just know that when the time is right, Life will lead those who need them to their door and when they have been refreshed by her cool waters, they will once again head off.

Meek people are not walk overs. They simply just know how to find peace and meaning and solace and truth and life. They are like a fountain willing to share their water for the enjoyment and well being of others. They are happy to just live under the sun’s rays. They are equally as happy if one or none come to them, for they understand that on the days none visit, Life has a new glimpse of heaven to show them which they could never appreciate if they were there offering their gifts to others.

Life will find the hidden streams and bring others to them. For Life understands that what a soul most needs when they are troubled cannot be found on the highways of life but far from the madding crowds, within people who are meek.

So blessed indeed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.