Tuesday, July 19, 2011

What My Father Believed - John Guzlowski


My father believed we are here to lift logs that can’t be lifted, to hammer steel nails so bent they crack when we hit them.

In the slave labor camps in Germany, he’d seen men try the impossible and fail.

He believed life is hard, and we should help each other.

If you see someone on a cross, his weight pulling him down and breaking his muscles, you should try to lift him, even if only for a minute, even though you know lifting won’t save him.


The full article is available here