a flower from our Church garden; photo was taken by ajith tim kari

Rabindranath Tagore

The Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, is the only figure in literary history that I know of who has the distinction of writing the lyrics for the national anthems of not one, but two countries (India and Bangladesh). He was, also, the first non-westerner to win the Nobel Prize in literature. He did so in 1913. He wrote this short poem:

"I slept and dreamt that life was Joy;
 Then I awoke and realized
 that life was Service.
 And then I went to work - and, lo
 and behold I discovered that
 Service is Joy."  Rabindranath Tagore

 Let us serve and be servants of the Servant Lord.