Sometimes, I find myself wanting to change the world. I think, "I'm a pretty wise person, I have some influence. I can change what people think... how they act..." and it frustrates me when I can't, or sometimes; I think more-so, when I shouldn't. There are things that are out of my control completely; actions of others that I can be no more than spectator at. It is not my place to be that 'all-determining' factor to people, but I am to be a someone who gives honest and sincere report about the things that I feel, and the things that I see. Always reminding those I talk with to take everything I say with a grain of salt. As much as I wish I could make things better, I can't. I'm fallible, I'm imperfect, and I'm weak.
So what do I really want to be then? I want to be compassion. I want my words to be life, and to speak truth into death. Sometimes I don't know how this looks, and most times, I probably speak out of line. But there is something to be said for words that come out of sincere emotion without dividing the lines of abuse and tactfulness. My words are merely spoken until they are acted upon. But I constantly think about how hard this is. To love the unlovable is sometimes easier than loving those you truly care about. It is hard to know how love looks in awkward or hurtful situations, but I think that compassion is absolutely essential. I will wear compassion, I will wear it, at the gates of Hell... We'll stand together...
~KL~
com-pas-sion
noun -
sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
from the Latin compassio, from compati "suffer with"
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