{"id":180,"date":"2009-08-14T17:02:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T17:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2009\/08\/be-an-angel-week.html"},"modified":"2009-08-14T17:02:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T17:02:13","slug":"be-an-angel-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2009\/08\/be-an-angel-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Be an angel week: faith always looks up"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aloha,<\/p>\n

August 22nd is Be An Angel Day<\/a>, so all next week I will be talking about ways we can be an angel ourselves. If you know someone who should be honored for being an angel, please post about them in the comments section.<\/p>\n

One of my readers sent me this. I couldn’t find the author, but I knew you’d enjoy it. If anyone does know the author, please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due.<\/p><\/div>\n

The buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee:  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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THE BUZZARD:<\/p>\n

If you put a buzzard in a pen 6 feet by 8 feet that is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of  its ability to fly, will be an absolute  prisoner. The reason:  a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
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THE BAT:
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The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.
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THE  BUMBLEBEE:
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A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless taken out.  It never  sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom.  It  will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
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PEOPLE:
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In many ways, we are like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee. We struggle about with all our problems and frustrations, never realizing that all we have to do is  look up!  That’s the answer, the  escape route and the solution to any  problem!  Just look up.
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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around,  But faith looks up!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly and trust in our Creator who loves us.<\/p>\n

With love and aloha,
Susan<\/p>\n

And if you know someone who is an angel please post about them in the comment section so I can honor them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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