Building on our Differences

Grace. Empathy. Support.  These are three small words that seem invisible, non-existent.  Three small words that can turn everything around.  

Grace; Undeserved favor not earned but freely given.  If you ponder that for a second what stirs in you?  Do you feel anything when you think of grace?  Are you guilty of not giving grace freely when it isn't deserved?  

Empathy; the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.  Do you try and put yourself in positions where you try and understand someone?  Truly understand who they are and what they are made of?  

Support; bear all or part of the weight. When you think of a bridge you would hope it has proper support. A system built to withstand multiple tons of weight at any given moment.  One piece of the bridge could not withhold that amount of weight on its own.  If we see a need for multiple pieces to build a bridge then why is it that we leave people on their own to carry their own heavy loads?  

With these three things actively practiced in our lives, we will see the weight lessen, understanding increase and connections happening.  Our world is so lost that we have gotten to a point where if we do not have the same opinions and do things the same that we are deemed undeserving.  Last I checked, we were not built to be robots and to all be the same.  We have come to see differences as a weakness instead of a potential to make things even better.  We all have our own paths we walk and our own life experiences.  These experiences are what mold us and get us to where we belong.