What do you really struggle with?
It’s a question that came to me in an email – from one of those emails you get when you sign up to the e-newsletter. It’s the first time I’ve seen a question. And a big question it is, when you think about it.
What do you really struggle with? Thoughts fly across – money, work, anger – all personal. These things I can deal with on my own. But what do I really struggle with?
People!
People who ignore the issues that surround them: poverty, homelessness, kids living on the streets, severe unemployment, separation from [you name it here: anything that alienates or separates one (human or otherwise) person, group or community from any other] society (I’ll use society for the moment).
People who stride through life with blinkers on, who don’t, won’t, or can’t see what they walk past, through, over, on: Don’t look at that person; ignore until they can’t be seen; walk faster so we pass quicker; don’t look and it won’t be real; it’s nothing to do with us.
The problem with doing the ignoring is that, sooner or later, we realise that it’s real, it’s on our doorstep, and we could have done something [before it all went bad]. We could still do something. One day, will you be the one who is begging in the street, sleeping in drains, beaten and bruised and lying by the side of the freeway? You don’t know.
What can I do – what can you do – what can we do together?
In response to this question, I went looking, and this is what I found: Tom Shadyac. Of course, you could also go to various other great minds, like the Dalai Lama. He has a beautiful quote: “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
And now I ask the question: What Do You Really Struggle With – And What Are You Going to do About It? [Read at the end of this – What Can I Do Today To Show Myself As A Contributing Member of My Society?]
That’s what it’s all about. People.
People who care, people who make a difference, people who listen, people who teach, people who learn, people who share, people who ask the questions that need to be asked. People who reach out to other people with an open heart and an open mind.
The next Question: What are you going to do about it [Today, Tomorrow, Every Day]?
It’s all about connection. It’s all connected. We are all connected – each to the other; each to everything else. Reach out and touch those around you with a gentle hand and a soft word. Be the person you want other people to see you as. Be complete.
