Now normally I use this time to rant and rave about whatever thing
vexes me or sometimes just about random thoughts that wander through
my headparts. I am seldom nice and rarely polite and usually more
than a tad insulting. I have a very large readership spread out over
a half dozen or so countries so I am guessing that all of you are
okay with that so I won’t be changing the format anytime soon. But
occasionally I like to talk about stuff that isn’t so
confrontational. Heck I have been known to go on about cute and
fuzzy animals. So this little missive is something a little bit
different. I hope you enjoy it. If not, go back and read the next
to last blog again. It’s pretty good and very snarky. Now, MOVING
ON!
#HUMANUP
We recently celebrated National Coming Out Day and it inspired a
couple of comment chains on Facebook that definitely made me feel a
little bit better about the world. We talked about how hard it is
for people to find people and places they can feel safe with/in. We
talked about how everyone needs to know that there are people out
there who really don’t give a dang about who they choose to love or
what they choose to believe.
One of my friends (Brother in every way but blood really) suggested
that people who were willing to help and to listen or just to give a
safe place to be needed to put where they were and what areas they
could help with. I am proud to say that the response was
overwhelming. By the time we were done, I think we had a healthy
section of the US covered. People offered their help, their love and
their homes to anyone who needed them. I actually felt humbled by
all of it. (And for those of you who read my stuff, you know that is
saying something.)
There is so much hate in the world. White People hate Black People,
Christians hate Muslims, Straight People hate Gay People and I hate
Clowns (Brrrrrr). There is a wonderful line from a fantastic song
called FANCY. “Now in this world there’s a lot of self righteous
hypocrites that would call me bad...” The world is filled with
cruel people who think that only their way/their beliefs are the
right ones and if you don’t fit into their tiny little molds, then
you are a bad person. Watch any news show or read any news report
and you’ll see it. We don’t need more of that hate and cruelty.
Another classic song by Anne Murray called “A Little Good New”
says it perfectly. With all of the horror and all of the cruelty in
the world, couldn’t we all use some good news instead of all this
bad? Instead of seeing videos of the Westboro Baptist Church waving
signs saying “God Hates...” or videos of some terrorist beating a
woman or beheading a man, couldn’t we occasionally see films of all
the people doing their best to try and help? Men and Women in war
torn countries struggling to help the wounded and feed the hungry?
People here in the US housing the homeless and caring for the sick?
Besides just showing the ugly, can’t we show some of the beauty
too?
In closing, I am going to say what my brother said and so many of the
people I proud to call friends said. If you are in trouble, come to
me. If you need someone to listen to, come to me. If you are
hungry, come to me. I may not know you well and I am certainly not
the wisest person alive, but I can listen and by the gods, I can
cook. If you need shelter, we will help you. If you need to be
clothed, we will help you. There is a lot of bad in the world, but
my friends prove time and again that there is also a lot of good.
To steal another great line, “Be the difference.”
#humanup
#Humanup
ReplyDeleteHuh could have sworn it was all lowercase. Thanks for the correction, Bro.
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