This is my new friend, Liberty. I met her when I went to pick up a prescription at the drug store. As I stood in line waiting for my turn, I watched Liberty wait on an elderly woman with attention, care and compassion that immediately filled my heart with Peace. Liberty knew the woman by name, asked about her wellbeing, and encouraged her to stay out of the cold. When asked for directions to a product in the store that the woman needed, Liberty slowly and deliberately explained (and explained again when it was clear that the first time had been misunderstood), allowing the woman to ask as many questions as she needed to in order to be confident to head off into the expanse of the store.
When it was my turn, I stepped up to the counter and began the process of obtaining my prescription and purchasing my items. In the middle of the transaction, Liberty stopped and thanked me for Walking for Peace. She said if she had time, she’d Walk too. Liberty shared that she “doesn’t do anything for Peace, except that on Saturdays, she lights two candles in her house. One for a cure for cancer, and the other for Peace.”
As I listened to Liberty, I was struck by her committment to the practice of lighting candles with intention each week – and I felt moved when I learned that cancer has struck her family “so many times”.
I thanked Liberty for lighting the candles, and suggested that this is her way of helping find a cure for cancer and Walking for Peace.
What a lovely soul to meet this afternoon – I am again, touched by the energy of Peace.