Thursday, August 15, 2013

Thursday's Thoughts-Be Kind

It is so easy to get caught up in our own lives; in our own problems. Our excitements. Fears. Dreads. We forget about others. We don't realize what they may be going through. We just assume that girl we saw practically run into the bathroom with tears in her eyes after first period is strange. We don't take the time to get to know her or we might find out her dad was deployed to Iraq yesterday-for a year. We call that guy who sits in front of us a jerk because he was snappy when someone accidentally bumped into him. We don't know that he is snappy because he didn't get enough sleep. He stayed up listening to his parents argue over how they were going to pay their bills this month. We go to church and sit with our little group of friends. We don't take the time to invite the girl whose family placed membership there a month ago. She seems weird, but she's only sad. When they moved to this area she left her grandparents and best friend behind.

Please watch this video and remember to be kind. And if you find tears making their way down your cheeks, don't be ashamed. Mine traveled the same path.

-M

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you see if fighting some kind of battle.
-unknown

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