Letters June 12, 2006 Issue

LETTERS

with contributions from JANE CAREY, PAM THORNDIKE, DEE NORRIS, KAREN T. HASEK, YVONNE RENOULT

The April 17 issue on hope was filled with wonderful articles and testimonies.

My favorite, though, was the article by Joseph Waweru Kamenju on his family's two water tanks ("Water tanks, a book, and my spiritual education"). The larger, lesser-used tank became full of dirt and had to be drained and cleaned each year in order to accept new rainfall. The smaller tank by the kitchen was kept in constant use and could therefore never be dirty, as water was always flowing into and out of it.

These are perceptive analogies to our own thinking and actions—how we should be constantly expressing gratitude to God and sharing our reflected love with everyone so that we are "fitted to receive more" (see Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 3). I like Mr. Kamenju's point that, although we may think of a water tank as a storage vessel, it is really a conduit for the water it receives. Also, that the tank has no water of its own, but has only what fills it through rainfall. These are all inspired messages that are applicable to our own daily lives, messages that I am always happy to be reminded of.

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