So I woke up this morning with travel plans on my mind. Without going into detail I was stricken with a few annoyances quite early in the morning. People really should not couple them because it is like kicking David Banner in the junk. I go straight Hulk. So needless to say I was pissed off and responded accordingly to the annoyances. I was full of rage when something that can only be explained as God's intervention happened unto me. My eldest sister, who is a very devout Baptist woman called me to ask to borrow money. I didn't answer her first call and listening to her message she sounded different, concerned. She called back and when I answered she asked if I had any extra money. In my state of rage and my familiarity with the question I immediately said no, but inquired as to why she needed it and how much.So she proceeds to tell me that she has been cut back to part time at work and that she is short $400 on her rent. She has asked her son for the money but is uncertain as to how much he will be able to send. So I had to weigh the value of sending my christmas savings to my sister. So I tell her that I will send her something when I land in Maryland.
Lesson: If you value family then you will do what you can to help them. If you don't value family, then honestly I don't value your ability to hold a place amongst the ranks of human beings. I don't care if your mother, father, sister, brother, cousin, son, husband, grandmother, daughter, or uncle did you wrong. I don't care if all of them did you wrong. There is someone in this world that treats you as family (notice I didn't mention in that list above aunt or grandmother becuase noone's family is all bad. If you feel that everyone in your family turned their back on you, then odds are you are the one who has done something wrong.) So I spent a frustrating hour trying to send money western union on line to only be told that there was an error. Then I spent another 20 minutes trying to do it over the phone, only to have that be declined due to system error. So I went driving around Frederick, Maryland until I found a Western Union. Afterward I felt good because I was able to help out a family member who has been nothing but good to me my entire life. She has never asked me for a thing and while she promised to pay me back, I told her I don't want it back. The payback is the feeling I got and the soothing of the anger in my heart. Yes medicine of the soul is priceless so $400 bucks is pennies.
This builds upon my previous post about family. All my new additions have been so wonderful to me and my family. And I am thankful to have them. This does not mean that I have dimished the love I have for those who have been there. I am glad that my heart has the capacity to expand seemingly limitlessly.
What is in your heart? What is its capacity? Do you strive to be a great human being and convey all the good fortune in your heart unto others or do you cruise through life selfishly? Ask yourself this and answer honestly?
Superman Out.
Lesson: If you value family then you will do what you can to help them. If you don't value family, then honestly I don't value your ability to hold a place amongst the ranks of human beings. I don't care if your mother, father, sister, brother, cousin, son, husband, grandmother, daughter, or uncle did you wrong. I don't care if all of them did you wrong. There is someone in this world that treats you as family (notice I didn't mention in that list above aunt or grandmother becuase noone's family is all bad. If you feel that everyone in your family turned their back on you, then odds are you are the one who has done something wrong.) So I spent a frustrating hour trying to send money western union on line to only be told that there was an error. Then I spent another 20 minutes trying to do it over the phone, only to have that be declined due to system error. So I went driving around Frederick, Maryland until I found a Western Union. Afterward I felt good because I was able to help out a family member who has been nothing but good to me my entire life. She has never asked me for a thing and while she promised to pay me back, I told her I don't want it back. The payback is the feeling I got and the soothing of the anger in my heart. Yes medicine of the soul is priceless so $400 bucks is pennies.
This builds upon my previous post about family. All my new additions have been so wonderful to me and my family. And I am thankful to have them. This does not mean that I have dimished the love I have for those who have been there. I am glad that my heart has the capacity to expand seemingly limitlessly.
What is in your heart? What is its capacity? Do you strive to be a great human being and convey all the good fortune in your heart unto others or do you cruise through life selfishly? Ask yourself this and answer honestly?
Superman Out.
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