Looking at the Whole Human

When we really look at the people around us, we’ll find that every one of us is so much more than a party affiliation or a religious slant. each of us is made out of millions of slices of experiences and hopes and desires and fears. And I think we’d be surprised and how quickly we can relate and start to care for even the people who we believe, at face value, our differences are just a bridge too far. Let’s make living personal again, friends.

I wonder what would happen to the world if all 2 billion+ members of Facebook users—yes I’m talking to you too, those 1.8 billion who are just keeping your Facebook accounts so you can log into other social accounts easier—decided to do something genuinely kind tomorrow. I’ve got to think that it might shift the axis of bitterness and division that we’re so entrenched in right now. I know there are genuine reasons to disagree with the people around us, but throwing a kind word or deliberative action of kindness, spread throughout the world would cause a ripple effect of love and support that maybe would help us see each other as real people instead of just partisan members who we can attack.

Think of it friends, a kind word to someone we pass on the street, holding a door for a frazzled mother with stroller and various bags and enthusiastic children in tow, giving up a seat on a full train, going to a notch above what is expected for a coworker, leaving a loving note for a family member, sending a smile to someone who seems lonely or sad, or any of the thousands of other small acts we could do. I know it’s always unrealistic to expect large percentages of populations to agree to do anything even as simple as sharing a moment of kindness with another human. So let’s just focus on ourselves. Can we all commit to doing something extra tomorrow to let someone know you care?

If only a few hundreds people see this post, that would be a fantastic start, because those few hundred people showing kindness will like rub off on others to reciprocate your actions too. And before we know it, we could have thousands of cascading acts of love and support reverberating out across the globe. When we really look at the people around us, we’ll find that every one of us is so much more than a party affiliation or a religious slant. each of us is made out of millions of slices of experiences and hopes and desires and fears. And I think we’d be surprised and how quickly we can relate and start to care for even the people who we believe, at face value, our differences are just a bridge too far. Let’s make living personal again, friends.