"Light, God's eldest daughter" (Heather Katsoulis hlkljgk). Image sourced from http://www.flickr.com/photos/hlkljgk/911016819/ See  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

Whether it is a great leader or a nobody

or a little girl with the morning sun on her face...

hands lifted up are a primary symbol

they express our dependence 

on the greater power -

be it life, be it chance, be it destiny,

be it the caring love of the spirit, source of all being,

be it the One we call God -

they express our wanting, trusting, hoping.

Every parent knows the child's pleading outstretched hands.

One question always remains:

Why would you give up?

T L 18/10/13