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"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Yet….
Give your best anyway.”
-Mother Teresa-
We have countless ingredients that build upon the kaleidocope of what is our life.
Often, what can be more defining and shaping are the painful stories which have created the feelings of loss, grief and sadness within us. These are the stories we tightly hold close, in a secret part of ourselves.' Holding this in isolation, seemingly protects us from judgment, and sometimes from a truth that is too painful to place or voice in the light of day. After all, we live in a world and society that prefers to see strength and resilience. Innately, the human instinct draws us to fit into a world where we belong and are understood and accepted. And, yes, most people want to be surrounded by happy and positive...
But what about those who have experiences and secret demons and can't find their way back to the happy places'? What about those who suffer silently, just because they don't want to be rejected or don't want to burden others' with their troubles'?
What if each of us reached out to someone whose pain was silent but recognizable and just offered presence without questions or solution? Their pain...our pain...it may be different in source, but it is still pain.
I am thinking of a special and dear colleague...her pain is real and how she has been secretly coping reminds me that we, as a society, can do better, heal more, and learn to embrace that which is scary or foreign to us. It's about accepting and holding humanity in every form, without judgment, and always with an open mind and heart.
-grassrootsmsw-
2 comments:
It seems as though many people with blogs are reaching out, trying to find meaning and connection. I find many of these blogs interesting and constructed with great care and commitment.
But ultimately, in this one you appear to be reaching out to an audience, and after reading many posts I cant help but think maybe you really need to showcase yourself and thats what you're doing.
That's not any different of course from anybody who gets a great idea and writes a book.
Why not just reach out to the universe and/or God?
The universe is available all the time and you don't have to post a thing.
If you're not really in a humble place, and you really have a very legitimate but different agenda, perhaps a political one in your workplace, please don't pretend to be humble and open, even with all your lovely pictures and quotes.
Or, perhaps some of us just don't stop here at the site.
Either way we wish you the best!
Thank you for your insightful and thoughtful words...
A great deal of my blog is in response/reflection to an experience at work...reaching out to those who shared the experience along side of me...hopefully, healing for all of us.
Connection through sharing...thank you for reading and responding...
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