Day
58 ❦ Be compassionate
The
Gift: An offering to a social justice organization
When
I travel I like to engage in new or different activities and often find myself
at really fantastic local events, memorable, local and off the beaten path. I
find these activities by asking locals what they would be doing – or what they
would recommend a family member would do if they were visiting. This week I am
in Boulder and I am interested in attending a church so I start looking through
the newspaper for articles on churches that are doing something special.
As
I read through the listings, I notice that there is a church that is having a
social justice speaker come to talk about human rights in Africa – I am in. The
service was moving and the speaker was memorable – filled with compassion and
passion – in a way that is contagious. I feel motivated to do so much more in
my own life and to find ways to support people who are living their passion – I
can barely contain myself waiting for the opportunity to give – and give I do
to both have compassion and support those who are compassionate.
❦ Today
– be compassionate.
Authors
note: Little did I realize that this would be the post that would occur the day
after a Presidential election and I am thrilled that the lesson today is about
compassion. The election season was filled with a lot of negative energy and
regardless of whether or not your candidate won – please be compassionate to
others – today more so than any other day, we have some healing to do as a
country and it starts with each of us.
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