challenging

I am inspired by these words but not sure if I can live them out:

Always leave people better than you found them.
Hug the hurt
Kiss the broken
Befriend the lost
love the lonely.

Sometimes when I feel challenged I think I have reached my limit. I remember travelling to my parents once after a very draining training week, desperate to crawl into bed and spend some time recovering. On arrival we instead had to go straight to be with my Grandad as he was dying. I got to read a passage from the Bible to him (he was a minister, I'm still really glad I had the opportunity to do that).

I guess we all have depths of resources we can draw on greater than we think we have. There are some ace colours here, didn't get out walking in time to capture them well,  will try tomorrow.  Meanwhile here are some dahlias from my dad's very vibrant garden.