Tuesday, February 25, 2014

mendicants

my community was called a mendicant order -
begging, living off alms.
today begging is shameful to the middle class,
a scandal to those who think
everyone can and should work for a living.
the homeless person on the street is surrounded
by the emotional shadows of reprobation.

yet, the most spiritual activities are funded by begging:
public radio and television,
charities,
programs for the disadvantaged,
medicine,
education...
even today many who enter the most meanigful professions
become mendicants.

if we are not beggars,
we might ask ourselves if we have
any spirituality in our lives.
                   ~ thomas moore -  meditations

i have spent much of my life as a mendicant, actually..
one true friend said to me:
you give many people the opportunity to be generous..
& remember - generosity is a gainful trade!

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