My Love: Heart of Compassion
Hey Family,
Something hilarious just happened to me. Those absolutely closest to me know why this would be so funny.
So, it's a lazy Saturday. I, for once, have nothing on my calendar. Which means it's a day to really just be. Aaaaand a day to catch up on laundry after a really busy week, of course.
So I was just watching.... correction..... baby girl was watching her favorite channel. Disney Jr. And they just played Tarzan. The old cartoon one. Throughout the movie, I, being the emotional person that I am, found myself tearing up. By the end of the movie, I have to admit, I had to wipe away the tears.
Once I got finished giggling at myself in my mind, all I could think of was "Man, if that were me, my heart would be exploding with excitement! Oh my God! What an amazing way to go left in your life!"
It made me realize that thinking that way is a form of having Compassion. See, when you think about it, a person that has no compassion tends to seem to seem a little more selfish. A little less caring. They tend to be pretty emotionally detached from things. Maybe just from some things. But it surely does not mean that they are bad people. I know a great many people that although they are not technically compassionate, they are wonderful people. They may just be a little disconnected in that area.
For example, when 911 occurred, there was a large population that felt the pain that happened to the individual families as well as the country as a whole. But there was also another part of the population that understood the impact for the country but could never completely connect with the true impact on families outside of saying things like "That's so sad.". It does not mean that those people are bad for not being so connected with the impact on the families. In turn, being TOO in tune with the impact to the families may be a little much. I don't know. But you do want to have a certain consciousness about it.
Lets look at it on a smaller, more domestic scale. Lets say there was a neighborhood child who was troubled. I know I live in a neighborhood full of them. Many absent fathers either by incarceration or because they have passed on. Either way, these children seem to end up in trouble over and over. Whether its in school or in the streets.
Many of us tend to look at these children as a neighborhood nuisances. A bad influence on our own children. The bad apple. And many times when we find out that they got themselves suspended or arrested (again) we think "They shouldn't have been doing what they were doing. They know better. They not stupid." That may all be fine and true. But at what point do we wonder, where is the child's parent? What went wrong in their life that they are so troubled? Why do they feel they need to do this? Do they not realize how beautiful and smart they are? Rather than finding a fault somewhere, just pray against the world of possibilities that could have went wrong for the child? This would be our compassion entering the picture. Because rather than us thinking selfishly and feeling like it's another child WE don't have to deal with because they got THEMSELVES in trouble, we actually might feel something for the child. Lets take it a step further. What if it were YOUR child getting into all the trouble? What if someone were saying those things about YOUR child without knowing anything about YOUR family struggles? It would end up having you flipping out on someone wouldn't it? And guess what, you got yourself in a lot of trouble in your life too. Whether the bad choices you made landed you in jail, suspended, in detention, or grounded. Someone along the line had compassion for you and either took action on your behalf or prayed for you. Whether they knew your intimate story or not.
People we need to take that scripture and really think about that. We need to take it and relate it to our lives and in the communities that we see all the time.
What I guess i'm saying is, you can't look at the apple and see a couple of dents because it fell a couple of times and call it a bad apple. You can't look at the banana and see a few brown spots on the peel and call the whole banana spoiled. And you can't call the stopped watch less valued than the new one just because it needs a battery or because it's old. Have compassion. And allow that compassion to push you to fix what you can and pray about what you can't. But everything and everyone can be saved if you have the compassion to drive you.
I love you all!! Be Blessed!!!!
Something hilarious just happened to me. Those absolutely closest to me know why this would be so funny.
So, it's a lazy Saturday. I, for once, have nothing on my calendar. Which means it's a day to really just be. Aaaaand a day to catch up on laundry after a really busy week, of course.
So I was just watching.... correction..... baby girl was watching her favorite channel. Disney Jr. And they just played Tarzan. The old cartoon one. Throughout the movie, I, being the emotional person that I am, found myself tearing up. By the end of the movie, I have to admit, I had to wipe away the tears.
Yes Momma. I hear you already. I know. I'm a water-bucket.
Once I got finished giggling at myself in my mind, all I could think of was "Man, if that were me, my heart would be exploding with excitement! Oh my God! What an amazing way to go left in your life!"
It made me realize that thinking that way is a form of having Compassion. See, when you think about it, a person that has no compassion tends to seem to seem a little more selfish. A little less caring. They tend to be pretty emotionally detached from things. Maybe just from some things. But it surely does not mean that they are bad people. I know a great many people that although they are not technically compassionate, they are wonderful people. They may just be a little disconnected in that area.
For example, when 911 occurred, there was a large population that felt the pain that happened to the individual families as well as the country as a whole. But there was also another part of the population that understood the impact for the country but could never completely connect with the true impact on families outside of saying things like "That's so sad.". It does not mean that those people are bad for not being so connected with the impact on the families. In turn, being TOO in tune with the impact to the families may be a little much. I don't know. But you do want to have a certain consciousness about it.
Lets look at it on a smaller, more domestic scale. Lets say there was a neighborhood child who was troubled. I know I live in a neighborhood full of them. Many absent fathers either by incarceration or because they have passed on. Either way, these children seem to end up in trouble over and over. Whether its in school or in the streets.
Many of us tend to look at these children as a neighborhood nuisances. A bad influence on our own children. The bad apple. And many times when we find out that they got themselves suspended or arrested (again) we think "They shouldn't have been doing what they were doing. They know better. They not stupid." That may all be fine and true. But at what point do we wonder, where is the child's parent? What went wrong in their life that they are so troubled? Why do they feel they need to do this? Do they not realize how beautiful and smart they are? Rather than finding a fault somewhere, just pray against the world of possibilities that could have went wrong for the child? This would be our compassion entering the picture. Because rather than us thinking selfishly and feeling like it's another child WE don't have to deal with because they got THEMSELVES in trouble, we actually might feel something for the child. Lets take it a step further. What if it were YOUR child getting into all the trouble? What if someone were saying those things about YOUR child without knowing anything about YOUR family struggles? It would end up having you flipping out on someone wouldn't it? And guess what, you got yourself in a lot of trouble in your life too. Whether the bad choices you made landed you in jail, suspended, in detention, or grounded. Someone along the line had compassion for you and either took action on your behalf or prayed for you. Whether they knew your intimate story or not.
Mark 6:34 says
Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
People we need to take that scripture and really think about that. We need to take it and relate it to our lives and in the communities that we see all the time.
What I guess i'm saying is, you can't look at the apple and see a couple of dents because it fell a couple of times and call it a bad apple. You can't look at the banana and see a few brown spots on the peel and call the whole banana spoiled. And you can't call the stopped watch less valued than the new one just because it needs a battery or because it's old. Have compassion. And allow that compassion to push you to fix what you can and pray about what you can't. But everything and everyone can be saved if you have the compassion to drive you.
I love you all!! Be Blessed!!!!
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