tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298716.post115845377685720087..comments2022-02-16T05:39:30.087-10:00Comments on Reflections of Beauty: Tap, tap, tapSteven Crisphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12133103376050989480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298716.post-1158871632238015412006-09-21T10:47:00.000-10:002006-09-21T10:47:00.000-10:00How close to home, Pat. It reminds me of the Pay ...How close to home, Pat. <BR/><BR/>It reminds me of the Pay It Forward movie, where one of the protagonist's mother was homeless and living on the street. What do you do? It is due in part to their own choices; and yet it seems unconscionable.<BR/><BR/>But of course, one action is to Pay It Forward. To offer our help in some way to a few unsuspecting souls, with the hope that such kindness/compassion would be returned -- not to you -- but "paid forward" to others in need.<BR/><BR/>And by this act, that kindness, compassion, and unconditional love might spread like a virus of help and of hope, and infect more and more of humanity, until we all know of someone that has fallen victim to its spell, and then one day, everyone has finally succumbed.<BR/><BR/>But the whole point of the Pay It Forward concept is that you do not measure progress by how many people have passed on the kindness gene. The yardstick is so much simpler. One need only ask, have *I* passed it on yet? If not, what am I waiting for.Steven Crisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133103376050989480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19298716.post-1158783082023213222006-09-20T10:11:00.000-10:002006-09-20T10:11:00.000-10:00I see my sister and her poverty, and wonder what c...I see my sister and her poverty, and wonder what choices are mine to make that will aid in the healing of a world that has brought about such disparity of wealth. Yes, the healing begins with myself and we all have our own healing work to attend to. Yet that is not enough. She is my sister and she is begging. <BR/>Compassion, a variation of love. Is it a feeling? Or is it a verb?Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034718619824441458noreply@blogger.com