Love and Kindness....a re-post.....

 I am sending this out again hoping to encourage all of us to keep trying, never give up……Waimomona

I wrote about this awhile back, but I would like to say something more on it.  So much has happened since then. 

Why is it, in our society, we people as a whole, feel we have to go out of our way to destroy someone we are  jealous of…..or don’t agree with? 

I have seen this daily on the news……and have seen the effects of it on people I encounter personally.  The media knows they are setting an example (for the young people, anyway).  It works, I know.  But are we such followers, that we can’t figure out our own morals?  Don’t we read good books anymore, or the Good Book?  Does the media have a monopoly on “life”?  Do they even have a life?  They get paid to write whatever meanness they can conjure up……..but we need to live a life that will give something to our next generation to live up to……..not down to. 

There is a better way…….love and kindness.  Does it sound sappy to you? 

 As an example, how about the men and women who have gone to Iraq to defend OUR freedom…..They are physically at the edge day and night, not sure they will return.  They didn’t make the decision to do that  job lightly…….they are aware they may die at any time.  It is for our freedom they train and train to stay ready to defend.  That is love……it isn’t spoken sweet nothings…..but a real decision to stand in harm’s way for someone they don’t know or can’t put a face to.  Those who survive, the men and women who have been wounded, are frustrated they can’t go back and stand side by side with their friends and fellow soldiers. 

Kindness goes hand in hand with love.  Consideration for someone else above yourself.  Protection of someones reputation; feelings in whatever they may be going through; remembering they are an individual with a soul. 

We are truly an empty bag of skin if we  don’t realize these truths…dead people walking around.  http://waimomona.wordpress.com/  : )