The Handy Prayer!

I read this in my bible study notes and thought I would share it here as it reminded me of the many needs around us and how we can remember to pray for them.
'George Reindrop in his book, No Common Task, tells how a nurse once taught a man to pray and in doing so changed his whole life, until a dull, disgruntled and dispirited creature became a man of joy. Much of the nurses work was done with her hands, and she used her hands as a scheme of prayer. Each finger stood for someone. Her thumb was nearest to her and it reminded her to pray for those closest to her. The second finger was used for pointing and it stood for all her teachers in school and in the hospital. The third finger was the tallest and stood for the V.I.P's, the leaders in every sphere of life. The fourth finger was the weakest, as every pianist knows, and it stood for those who were in trouble and in pain. The little finger was the smallest and the least important and to the nurse it stood for herself.' William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible on Philippians, Colossians and Thessalonians