Behind The Scenes With Anne & God: It Starts With Empathy

 

Who are we?

Who should we be?

Who can we be?

For a long time I've been feeling on edge, tired, defeated.

What is the source of this?

Is it our current political climate?

Yes.

And no.

It's more complicated than now.

It has its roots in decades of watching a world that chooses envy over empathy, anger over support, entitlement over generosity.

It has its roots in frustration with those who choose to see the world through a personal lens rather than that of community.

It has its roots in a sense of futility that comes from leaders who promise change but don't deliver it.

We have guideposts:

Love one another.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

But we can only follow those guideposts if we first embrace empathy.

We must be able to feel the pain of others and we must care about that pain.

We cannot dehumanize suffering and sort ourselves into the "deserving" and the "undeserving".

We can be better than we are.

We must feel.

And care.

And support.

But we must also DO SOMETHING.

The current environment of hate and fear and "us versus them" should not, and cannot,  continue.

"Doing Something" is a personal choice - maybe your "something" is protesting, maybe it is running for office, maybe it is canvassing for someone else running for office, maybe it is getting on your soapbox and spreading the word, maybe it is engaging in public service.

Maybe you don't feel you can do any of those things.

Maybe you are too stuck in your resentment to want to become part of a new world.

Then please try to do one thing.

Empathize.

Just taking that step might change your life.

Comments

[Andreia Venturini]

so beautiful

[Gabriela]

Loved your text. Congratulations!