! Charity, Caring, Loving-Kindness

Translators live a life of great blessing, and of frustration: they live uniquely in the mind of the great ones they translate – and yet are destined never fully to reveal this in their native language, to their fellows, countrymen and women; must leave it to the reader, to restore to life. We too, translators – words into deeds, deeds into experience, experience then taught in words…so - charity, care, or loving-kindness? maybe we are old, and we uncared for; maybe we are young, and we uncared for.. but, caring care – this is so beautiful; to receive; even just to watch; or best, to give… and too good not to know… so, we might follow that wonderful advice: ‘What you think you lack – give that! ’ and bestow all our ‘agape’, our ‘charitas’ – the word which taxed - along with ‘faith’ and ‘hope’ - the translators of the Bible… that care that cares not to be care-worn… we, to translate word to deed, love, to loving-kindness; love, to boundless care. (for Mary N., too, who knows this)