Saturday, July 28, 2012

How 7,000,000,000 = 1

Greetings y'all: Not sure where to begin today. I am hoping the whole paragraph thing gets resolved. If I cut and paste I lose the the paragraphs same if I post directly. With no computer I have email it and it seems there a potential issue with the server. Ok disclaimer is out of the way. I'm sitting here watching the Olympics. Is it  if business now ? Probably but the way I view it from through my idealistic rose colored glasses is the world can, at least momentarily, be united. The spirit of the gams was is effort. I will make what some will say is an un-American comment. I don't care who wins, I care about seeing every one work hard and have a chance to proof they are the best at that moment in time. The only competition we genuinely have is the internal challenge to improve ourselves and treat each of the other seven billion humans as an equal. This is a lesson I've been trying to have A-Rob learn and accept. Yesterday he had a very good day. He had a problem leaving bowling because he kept coming in second. As he said " I wasn't mad at him , I was mad at me because I didn't try as hard as I could" Keep in mind Mowgli hasn't bowled in two years. We worked on just bettering ourselves not worrying about the others. ( think Phelps and Lochte in swimming, Lochte never gives up but it's still not life , just a game) After bowling we visited his best friend , the Princess. They were inseparable as neighbors until we moved. Part of his anger is that when we moved he no longer had his "sister " next door. His playmate , his confidante. I do not blame him for being angry with me. He was able to play with her for seven hours. It lifted my heart to her them together again. I always considered the Princess my daughter. But this is a well deserved and wonderful opportunity for the girl and her mother. The mother is one of my dearest friends. Our heart aches while we support them on their new adventure. The kids will be pen pals and modern technology will keep us connected. It was bittersweet revisiting my old neighborhood. I saw friends I hadn't seen since the move. One I'd known for over ten years and literally kept me alive. She was a safe house for me, she helped remind me of my soul and gave me hope.   She has a generous spirit and deserves a life of peace. So yesterday we kept our course and saw generous and helpful friends. I was amazed at the generosity from the moving family and the the other neighbor. It brings us back to the fact that we are all mostly the same. We have two hands, one to help out the other to help up others. Imagine if every person helped one other person. Not with what we think they need based on our own bias , but with what the actually need. It could mean a smile, a hug, helping with a chore, lending our ears, a bag if groceries etc.., imagine each of help one other person and soon all seven billion people are lifted up. Thanks for reading again.

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