I keep thinking that if I just had more time each day I would be more thoughtful. And yet, I know in my heart that this is simply not true. I know that thoughtfulness is not a matter of having extra time.  

I am convinced that thoughtful people really don't have more free time than anyone else. They just have more heart. They have more concern. They have more compassion.  

I know my problem, O God. I spend so much time thinking about myself each day that I have so little time left at the end of it to think about anyone else.  

I think good thoughts about others once in awhile, dear Lord, but help me to be more generous in expressing them when and where they will do the most good. I certainly don't want someone to say about me someday: "It was his thinking of himself that made me want to ignore him!"