My Obscurities

I know good people.  They really are kind, compassionate, brilliant individuals and I am proud to call them friends.  As you can see, we wrote love on our arms so that others would know we care.  I hope many of you did the same.  It really was such a small thing yet it had potential to make a BIG difference in someone’s life.  It is what is.  So many people hurt and have no one to lean on. So, today, many people on this planet took a stand.  We screamed without voices.  We acknowledged the suffering many.  We stood up and announced to those in need, “You can lean on us.”

I had a sobering conversation tonight.  Someone very dear to my heart is stiff upper lipping it at the moment.   Over the course of our discourse, she mentioned that her struggle is not the responsibility of anyone other than herself.  She felt bad that she might be imposing upon those trying to help.  The only thing I could think of to say was that she was right and wrong.  Right in the sense that we were not to blame and that she has her life to live.  Wrong in the sense that our friendship makes us responsible for her.  We have a duty to lift each other up during times of stress.  We are responsible.  I AM MY BROTHER’S KEEPER.

Too many people ignore those in need.  Ignored, if you will, because they fail to measure up to ridiculous social standards.  Filed away under It’s Not My Problem.  It is. 

We all walk this road together and we have a choice to make.  We can make the journey home unbearable or we can help as many as possible along the way.  I choose the latter. 

God bless.

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