I am thankful for people who are brave enough to stand up and speak out about what truly loving one another means.
I came across an amazing blog post on Single Dad Laughing. It made me cry. It made me think, ponder and search my inner being. It made me thankful that he spoke up. He actually posted it a year ago and he has since posted several follow up pieces which are amazing and brave as well. I am so thankful that others are able to choose such wise words of love to share with the rest of us.
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The greatest spiritual leaders in history have all preached love for others as the basis for all happiness, and never did they accompany such mandates with a list of unlovable actions or deeds. They never said, love everybody except for the gays. Love everybody except for the homeless. Love everybody except for the drug users. Love everybody except for the gang members, or those covered in ink, or the spouse abusers. They didn’t tell us it was okay to love everybody with the exception of the “trailer trash,” those living in poverty, or the illegal immigrants. They didn’t tell us it was okay to love everybody except for our ex-lovers, our lovers’ ex lovers, or our ex-lovers’ lovers. The mandate was pretty damn clear, wasn’t it?Love others.
Period.
~ Dan Pierce, Writer/Author/Blogger
This is an excerpt from one of Dan's follow up posts by James, an insightful young man with Cerebral Palsy:
“Look at the heart. Look at the mind…. When you really listen to people, and listen to the words that they are saying, then you’ll get to the heart of the person.” ~ James
“What are you guys going to do to make the discrimination and the hurt stop? It’s up to every single one of you.” ~ James
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