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How do You Want to Be Remembered?

12/7/2015

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The intense emotions that have swirled through my consciousness during the last few weeks are directly related to the grand scale of bullshit (excuse my language) that is occurring around the world. I am going to over simplify the situation, in my usual fashion, to attempt to comprehend how and why we work so hard to hate and hurt our fellow human beings.

Gifting kindness, understanding, and charity seems so much more intuitive (and easier) than meting out harshness, judgment, and antipathy.

I am, therefore, confounded when I see people writing contemptuous comments on news articles and social media posts, instead of providing constructive feedback. I am perplexed, when I hear judgmental conclusions about personal situations, instead of empathy. And I am angered, when I see that people feel free to diss others for their faith, their color, their nationality, their sexual orientation, their jobs, their politics, their culture, their clothing and personal style, and even their sport team affiliation. In short, I am exasperated by the apathy, egocentrism, narcissism, and conceit that surround us.

On the other hand, I also witness grand acts of compassion, benevolence, humility, and humanity that are expressed with open minds and hearts. People are banding together to build a better world by offering: words of hope and sympathy, an unbiased listening ear, a gentle reminder, a warm hug, a smile, dedication to do good work, to agree to disagree, and even their homes to refugees, foster children, and others in desperate need.

The kids I spend my days with inspire me; despite being bombarded with messages of indifference and disrespect from society, the media, and their peer networks, they make positive life choices that affect everyone around them.

These actions contribute to moments of great personal confidence and optimism for all of humankind.

Needless to say, this dichotomous emotional roller coaster has been fraught with tears of laughter and frustration, not to mention a bit of joy and sadness.

My fondest wish is that everyone understands one simple fact: How you behave in life is how you will be remembered after the great equalizer comes to claim you.

Personally, I would much rather be categorized under the “weirdly, eccentric, but kind” column for all of eternity, rather than the “jerky, egotistical, _(fill in the blank)_” file.

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