A couple of my most used quotes are "to the world you may only be one person, to one person you may be the world", and "you are the author of your own life story, what are you writing?" I believe that they really say a lot about what we do, how we do it, and who we do it with.
I recall a story that goes along with this message. An old man was going for a walk on the beach, when he noticed a little boy feeding a thin, shaggy looking dog with bits of bread.
He went up to the boy and asked him why he was sharing his bread with the dogs. The little boy answered, "Because they have nothing. No home, no family, and if I don’t feed them they will die."
“But there are homeless dogs everywhere," the old man replied. “So your efforts don’t really make a difference” The little boy looked at the dog and stroked him. “But for him, for this little dog, it makes all the difference in the world.”
“But there are homeless dogs everywhere," the old man replied. “So your efforts don’t really make a difference” The little boy looked at the dog and stroked him. “But for him, for this little dog, it makes all the difference in the world.”
So many times animals and our connection to them teach us human so very much about the beauty of life in its' most simplest form. It is "we" humans that seem to change our behavior when influenced with money, power, and greed; simply look at the state of affairs in our own country. Our government leaders are corrupt with money, power, and greed. Private industry certainly is. The trickle down affect to the person in which this money is being made seems to get smaller and smaller, less and less each year. The middle class is all but gone in the USA.
What is the focus in your life? Do you look out for others who have less than you? Do you look out for others who are suffering? Do you share your time, resources, and passion to help others? How do you pay yourself and keep your mind, body, spirit centered with health, peace, love, and compassion?
In the story are you the old man, the boy or the dog. Or, are the piece of bread? There is much work to be done in this world to bring peace, love, and compassion. It starts with one connection at a time; yourself. Then someone else, then you and someone help two more people, then you four help four more...
You can make a difference. You can be a difference. You can be different. You can do it differently
Chaplain Royal
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