I was having a rather tongue-in-cheek conversation with a Facebook friend of mine about the evil that currently rules the world. He is rather upset that humanity does not seem to be able to wake up from their slumber and do something to change the status quo. While I understand his sentiments, I honestly still have a belief that we can change things, albeit slowly.
My response to him brought me back to my Christian upbringing and one of the slogans I heard that was really meant to convert people to Jesus: each one reach one. The whole point was about everybody playing their part to teach someone who needed to learn.
I remember my own awakening. It all began when my daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. All doctors ever say is you can't cure it. It can be controlled, but it involves being medicated for life. That wasn't the answer I wanted to hear, and something deep in my heart told me that wasn't the whole story. My search for answers made me ask questions I had never needed to ask before. Each new piece of information led me to new questions with new answers.
After a while, I learned about a whole host of other topics I had never paid attention to before. That's the thing about questions and learning. Once you begin asking questions and coming to new understandings, you just don't want to stop. Once you step into the rabbit hole, your life is never quite your own anymore.
So now that I have been confronted by all the evil in the world, what do I do with that? How do I begin to change it? Each one reach one!!!
It isn't about swaying someone over to your point of view or even teaching them new facts. It's about connecting to them, heart-to-heart, and helping them learn to think from that place. Love is a very powerful tool. That's how the heart has the ability to connect us all. It flows in and through all things. Permeates all things. It's something we all connect to innately.
Each one reach one. It's about reaching out to your brother or sister in love and understanding and showing them we are all in this together. That we are all truly One.
One at a time, we have the ability to change the world!!!
~CSE
My response to him brought me back to my Christian upbringing and one of the slogans I heard that was really meant to convert people to Jesus: each one reach one. The whole point was about everybody playing their part to teach someone who needed to learn.
I remember my own awakening. It all began when my daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. All doctors ever say is you can't cure it. It can be controlled, but it involves being medicated for life. That wasn't the answer I wanted to hear, and something deep in my heart told me that wasn't the whole story. My search for answers made me ask questions I had never needed to ask before. Each new piece of information led me to new questions with new answers.
After a while, I learned about a whole host of other topics I had never paid attention to before. That's the thing about questions and learning. Once you begin asking questions and coming to new understandings, you just don't want to stop. Once you step into the rabbit hole, your life is never quite your own anymore.
So now that I have been confronted by all the evil in the world, what do I do with that? How do I begin to change it? Each one reach one!!!
It isn't about swaying someone over to your point of view or even teaching them new facts. It's about connecting to them, heart-to-heart, and helping them learn to think from that place. Love is a very powerful tool. That's how the heart has the ability to connect us all. It flows in and through all things. Permeates all things. It's something we all connect to innately.
Each one reach one. It's about reaching out to your brother or sister in love and understanding and showing them we are all in this together. That we are all truly One.
One at a time, we have the ability to change the world!!!
~CSE
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