Seems like lately I’m really learning a lot from other people. I’ve begun to really notice the kindness in people. We often walk through life blind to what really exists inside other people. If you listen carefully, if you tune into to them and stop thinking and just listen you will learn amazing things. Just in the past two weeks I feel like I have really connected to people with big hearts. But it’s not just a big heart. A big heart is useless if you don’t share it with others, if you don’t let it drive your passions, if you keep it to yourself. Some of the people I have the most respect for have big hearts, real big brains and low tolerance for crap. I dig that. I really dig that! I think I know people with HUGE hearts and several of them keep it to themselves, they misinterpret it, they don’t know what to do with it. I think that is common. I know I’ve suffered from that before. For as long as I can remember I liked to give to people and give back to the community. Even through the wildest times in college our fraternity, Sigma Tau Gamma, was focused on community service. And now we have a generation of young adults entering the workforce with big hearts and a desire to make the world a better place. A large part of community service is driven by faith based organizations. Many people don’t like to “mix” religion in with the community service efforts because we don’t want to upset anyone. Funny because it always seems like it’s the people that don’t have faith or religion that are upset about this. Ironic don’t ya’ think? Even more interesting that many of the foundations of our culture come from the Bible like: don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t covet, etc. But many people don’t know that it came from the Bible. They think it was just some scholarly chaps back in the 1700’s drawing up neat idea that stuck. Often people stick to what they’re comfortable with which is often a warm fuzzy feeling with no real substance. I think we all are in the “place” at times. It’s the people that live there that are suffering. Sounds judgemental I’m sure to some people….tough, it’s my blog. Besides I’m filitering through the expectation God has of me to share my interpretations of life. Everyone has them, some are just much more powerful than others. Just ask those that interpret a quality life by knowing Jesus to those that are completely self-reliant, arrogant and don’t need anyone’s help because “they can handle it”. Didn’t work for me…..but that’s just me.
