The Germ

A mighty creature is the germ
Though smaller than the pachyderm
His customary dwelling place
Is deep within the human race
His childish pride he often pleases
By giving people strange diseases
Do you, my poppet, feel infirm?
You probably contain a germ

(Ogden Nash, The Germ)

Hymn of the day

Yes we'll gather at the river,
The beautiful, beautiful river,
Gather with the saints at the river,
That flows from the throne of God.

Trust

The capacity to trust (to believe and have faith) is the first psychosocial task learned by the growing infant and one of the last to depart as life ends.

*Even with advancing cognitive impairment, the abiity to participate in relationship with God is one of the last human capacities to be lost before consciousness itself ceases.