March 5

UNITY is wishing emeralds were peanuts

These three remain:  faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.  ~ 1 Corinthians 13:13

Helen Hayes was not yet a famous actress, when she met her future husband, Charlie MacArthur.  She wrote:  “I was at a party feeling very shy because there were a lot of celebrities around.  I was sitting in a corner alone and a very handsome young man came up to me and offered me some salted peanuts and said, “I wish they were emeralds.”  And that was the end of my heart.  I never got it back.”

In the final years of her famous life, Helen was sitting alone again.  This time an older Charlie came up to her, gave her a handful of emeralds, and said, “I wish these were peanuts.”  ~ Mark Link, S.J.

Have you experienced love, as Helen did?  Have you expressed it, as Charlie did?

He came into my life as the warm wind of spring awakened the flowers, as the April showers awaken the earth.  My love for him was unchanging… strong as death.  ~ A. Chennault

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