Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Interesting Blog
I remember watching a really great series on The Learning Channel years ago called "The Human Animal" with Desmond Morris. One part stuck out. The had a man laying on the sidewalk on a busy city street. No one stopped for a long time. No one checked to see if he was dead, drunk, hurt, sleeping--nothing. Then, the same man lay in the street of a small village. Everyone came to help. Perhaps, in our urban sprawl, we have lost the ability to reach out and touch any strangers. Our lives are so full of people that adding one more, even briefly, is a chore.
A while ago, I realized that I often had impulses to help others. Those times when I thought "I should go and help that person." But I wouldn't do it. My reluctance was based on fear of being caught up in a person's tragedy or crisis. It's as if my brain couldn't fathom adding another responsibility. I made a commitment to myself that I would try and reach out more. If the impulse is there, I try and act on it. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes it doesn't. I don't do it to feel good about myself. I do it because I believe we are all in this life together and can't make it alone. I don't want to be alone.
Now, I realize that helping others doesn't necessarily involve me in their crisis. For one small moment, I am connected to another human being....and then they move on.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not out there feeding the homeless or doing compulsive volunteering. I just do my small bit in my hectic life. That's all any of us can do.
Letting someone in on a freeway, helping with someone's groceries, stepping aside so someone with a small child can get their business done at the bank--all are small things but they add up.
Our sum is more than the parts. Together we are more. Together we are strong.
Alone we are at the mercy of the storms of life that buffet and blow through us. I've been at the mercy of those storms. It's one of the lonliest places I've ever been. I was lucky. I found a place to connect and people in the same desperate straits. It's given me the strength to reach out.
What do you think of Tracy's story?
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