Monday, May 18, 2009

Revealed

So I've been watching Prison Break a lot in my downtime. Absolutely captured at how I can be rooting for even former murderers on some occasions. Enthralled, engaged and questioning just how much can you justify atrocious means to achieve a good end.

Through it a piece of human character was also revealed to me. Even these rapists, robbers, convicts....most of them still all loved their family. Oh they were bad people...but when it came to their family...they still loved and cherished them like no other. They still tried to protect them from anything and some... even killers laid down their lives for them.

This brings me to really think. People who had murdered people… yet the next day gave up their life for someone else...Why? Because they cared about them. Simply that. So I realized that showing compassion and generosity to those you care about doesn't really mean much. Being good to only the ones that matter to you doesn't mean much. Well it does...but it's like a selfish love. You love them so of course you're going to care about them....I guess what I'm trying to say here is that it's how you treat other people. The people that you've never met. The people you know, but aren't close to.

The number one trait I personally respect is compassion. Compassion for ALL. What good is it if you serve your friends but you treat everyone else like trash. Of course you're going to treat your friends well (though some people don't even do that)....I’m just saying that's not enough.

Too many judge and too few serve. We all suck, nobody is better than anyone else. Everyone makes a difference. Have the heart to serve everybody. Be the change. :)

1 comment:

  1. for some reason i never see your posts until a week after you post them.
    but yeah, i completely agree. especially the last paragraph--nobody is better than anyone else. it's something i remind myself a lot.

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