Let
our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as
fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.
Goran PerssonI was looking for a quote to start this post off, to start off the new year in a positive way. There were many ideas and many quotes, but this one really seemed to touch me. My goal, and we are not calling it a resolution because resolutions always fail, is to go back to what I liked about myself before I got mixed up in life. I want to be there for those who need me. The question is how does one go about touching the life of another in a way that matters. For me I feel like I have not done enough but often get people who say I have done so much for them.
The question becomes what can we do for each other and it seem to me we can be genuine. How do we do that? I think it comes down to loving people where they are. We all have different struggles and abilities to deal with hardships and we need to meet people at their level to lift them up.
If we think of our struggles as rocks we are trying to push up a hill we can look around and see others with their own rocks and different hills, some rocks are large some are very tiny, some hills make rocks easy to move but looking at others rocks don't make ours easier to deal with. Sometimes we look at others and their rocks seem so small and their path so easy, but we can not see that the grass holds the rock tight and the rock is very dense. Others who have such big rocks but seem to be moving them so easy and we are often in awe.
It seems to be there for our fellow man is to not judge people but help who ever we can, in what ever way we can. Sometimes all we can do is yell over to the next hill and offer our support and encouragement. At times we can walk away from our rock and help someone push theirs over a hurdle. The thing is when we leave our rock there is always a chance it rolls back some, but isn't helping where we can worth it?
Recently I was the recipient of a very touching gift. I don't know the giver, I just know they reached out in an unexpected way and gave me such a boost that they may never understand. In that moment my rock seemed to be lightened.
So what can you do be there for someone? What has someone done for you to help you deal with your rock? I think that in being there for others you rock will become more manageable.
I wish you the best for 2014!!
Let
our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as
fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.
Goran Persson
Goran Persson
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