With all the busy things we do during each day, I find bringing comfort to someone, one of the most rewarding. Is as simple as a nod, a smile, a hug. Sometimes it is given through forgiveness. Sometimes through a letting down of one's guard. Bringing comfort is an opportunity to put someone else's needs before our own, to observe the world through another's eyes, to help bear another's burdens.
To some people bringing comfort to others comes so naturally, to some it is a talent being perfected through practice, time and time again.
Why is it that one person helps and another walks on by? Just something to ponder. I have helped at times, and I have walked on by at times. We have an opportunity to bless the lives of others if will look outside of ourselves instead of looking inward. I know I often am so busy that I don't even notice people nearby me, be they family or not. That's not the kind of person I want to be. Sometimes, I even seem more caring about strangers than with my own family.
May my heart be full of compassion and my eyes and ears always be open to those around me, especially my family. They are who I want to be with forever. They are my primary responsibility.
May my heart be full of compassion and my eyes and ears always be open to those around me, especially my family. They are who I want to be with forever. They are my primary responsibility.
To my family: I am glad "We Hug in This Joint!" We were taught this by my grown son, Joe, as he welcomed people to our home so freely. It has become our family motto.
What if we added this motto? "We Have Compassion for Each Other in This Joint!" How would our home lives be different if we bore each other's burdens instead of worrying so much about our own?
Thanks for the Lesson, Joe. (smiles)
What if we added this motto? "We Have Compassion for Each Other in This Joint!" How would our home lives be different if we bore each other's burdens instead of worrying so much about our own?
Thanks for the Lesson, Joe. (smiles)
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