MY TWO CENTS

TWO CENTS
isn’t a whole lot
until your ability to
GIVE YOUR TWO CENTS
or you’re forced to get
A N O T H E R ‘ S
TWO CENTS. . .

I’ve been offering up
MY TWO CENTS
for well over 40 years now as a
Parish Minister;
It’s the title I give my monthly
Newsletter posts. . .
and more recently,
I do a bit in my presentations that emphasizes
not so much
G I V I N G
your TWO CENTS
as being a literal
Depository
for the-often-not-so-welcomed-two-cents
of Others. . .

These Pennies
ARE NOT
Magical
and they hold no special significance;
They will buy you
little to nothing
U N L E S S
Y O U
bring (add)
THEM to a larger Good. . .
Sound Familiar?

The Gift of your
Compassionate Presence
allows Another
i m p l o r e s
THEM
to share their
Two Cents. . .

E V E R Y O N E
has a story
that not so much desperately needs to be told,
but even more fiercely has to be Heard;
Y O U
are the
H E A R E R
of such stories. . .
Y O U
hold space
for them with each encounter
and it not only makes the
o r d i n a r y
E X T R A o r d i n a r y,
IT DEEMS
it a most sacred
Holy Communion. . .

YOUR TWO CENTS
will be a cue
for you to remember
YOU WILL NEVER BE PENNILESS
giving as you do;
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO KEEP YOU SENSE (c e n t s)ABOUT YOU
because very often those around us
most often can’t or don’t. . .

S E E. . . ?
Nothing magical. . .
T H I N G S
often don’t contain all that much magic;
THE MYSTICAL
takes place
at the end of the hand;
person to person
one at a time;
S A C R E D
H A L L O W E D
and not merely for what you do
but that you do
it consistently
s e l f l e s s l y. . .

YOUR TWO CENTS
won’t so much be
THE CHANGE
jingling around in your pocket
as the
HOLY CHANGE
you bring to Another. . .

And now for my humble
TWO CENTS:
YOUR LIFE
HAS BLESSED MANY;
MAY IT NOW BE BLESSED
TO BLESS MANY MORE

S E E ?
p r i c e l e s s