“What exactly is an angel? Here is how I suggest we can tell if we bump into one. Angels deny that they are angels. They don’t all have wings or halos – those are only the ones who like to dress up. Angels don’t expect anything in return for services rendered. They don’t always tell us what we want to hear… Angels aren’t all called Michael or Gabriel. We might even be angels and not realise it… Yes, angels are here among us, giving us gifts beyond measure. Gifts of humour when we think the sun will never shine again, passion when we believe we are unlovable, inspiration when our life force wanes, confidentiality when we can’t tell anyone else our secrets, forgiveness when we so sorely need it, advice when we don’t know which direction to turn, frankness when we try to tell less than the truth about who we really are, and the gift of just being there when we are so very alone.”
Don Beaudreault, Unitarian-Universalist minister, quoted in Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection
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