Becoming the Change … (04/18/13)
Times of tragedy are priceless … They remind us that life is so precious … They remind us that life is built on choices … And they remind us that life is not a spectator sport.
Today, we can show all “terrorists” that we will not give in to their anger; that we will not aid their cause by showing them our rage. Today, we can remind all would be violent criminals and corrupt politicians and teetering zealots that our ability to Care for them anyway is FAR STRONGER than their cowardly aggression or their rabid greed or their arrogant condemnation.
Despite what these enemies would have you believe, you are not “only human” — You are HUMAN, and as such YOU are the one who chooses how you respond to tragedy.
Responding with sadness and fear and anger is reasonable, of course, AND YET we do have an alternative. Instead of attacking our attackers and thereby making their mission of misery complete, we can choose to fight back effectively — by allowing their acts of hatred to inspire our deeds of Love.
In every one of our lives, there is someone especially in need of encouragement; someone especially in need of a loving gesture or a caring word. In every one of our lives, there is something powerful we can all do TODAY to change the world for the better …
So let’s go forth TODAY and shatter the brittle walls we have built around “our family” & “our friends” & “our religion” & “our country”. Let’s set aside our need to be “right” and our desire for “righteous judgment” … and let’s remember something far greater than these things; let’s remember our Goodness instead.
TODAY is the last day many of us will have to Do something Meaning-full with our lives; something courageous … something Loving … something Kind.
A smile to a stranger might save a life … A phone call to a friend might save a family … An act of radical forgiveness just might save the world.
What you do today matters, my Friends … and you have been given this glorious day to do it in.
In-deed, it is time for us ALL to actively BE the change we want to see.
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