Encouraged To Share

Sometimes you and I will feel as though the sun has gone out, and its rays no longer fall on our souls.  At odd hours of the day, we may in our darkness see flashes of light so brief in duration that we doubt, disbelieve, and then discard the hope that the light gave us.  If we allow it, our learned minds can become so closed to goodness that we are unable to discern it when the light comes again.  I know that I have been in such a position before.  But maybe this is not an accurate depiction of your specific situation.  Perhaps you have always been able to discern the light that shines in everything you see.  Maybe only another's disbelief can bring your own happiness down a little.

You're aware that life is painful.  You are reading these words, or hearing someone read them. However you did it, you had to go through change to learn how to read and understand.  Change is a painful thing. Since you're no stranger to these, maybe you've learned that there's something called happiness too.

You've been hurt. You've seen others get hurt.  Out of all this hurt, miraculous things can emerge. Deeper understanding, more powerful compassion, a drive to help alleviate all the pain in this world. 

What would you do to alleviate a little of it?

At some point in the next twenty-four hours or so, someone will cross your path.  You might smile briefly, nod, glance tiredly at them and then away again.  You might trip over them on their tree-shaded spot by the sidewalk. Maybe at that point you'd get angry.  Maybe not.  Take another look.

The person you see before you has a soul.  I don't know if they'll have all their limbs, two eyes that can see, a brain that functions without struggle, hands or feet or ears or nose or organs or veins that perform as we are taught to think they should.  But this person-with-a-soul has something in common with you.  The need for real, human, face-to-face communication.

Talk to them.  Whatever reception you may get, talk to them.  The woman, man, boy, girl...human... is a worthwhile being.

And when you're next reading this blog, I encourage you to share.

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