T H I N K I N G

I was

T H I N K I N G. . .

You?

“IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY, INSTEAD OF SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY, YOU’LL END UP DOING NOTHING FOR NOBODY.”

When I first saw this clip just filmed in New York City in February of this year, IT brought out the

C

in me…

Not my Compassion;

My Cynicism.

I immediately had flash backs of countless pieces of junk mail that I had received about how I could feed a hungry orphaned kid in a far away geographical place I can’t spell phonetically or begin to say, let alone place.

Or

The infomercials that wouldn’t tug but pillage my heart strings with kids who had flies all over them or maggots crawling out of their noses which were meant to implore I would send generously to alleviate this plight.

When I researched the video I was a little shocked to see that well over 22,0000

C H I L D R E N

are homeless in New York City alone.

Staggering
Bothersome
Alarming

all good adjectives and correct.

I guess, I just didn’t like it was a set up…

that it took well over two hours of NO ONE helping this kid who crawled in a not-so-well-insulated garbage bag to keep warm until a homeless man came over and offered more than his sympathetic compassion. He actually gave his coat and money for the freezing kid to eat.

M O R E. . .

He gave what so few of us

(AND I’M FIRST IN LINE)

Just the mere PRESENCE of himself–

which is always the most valuable thing we own and can ever give:

O U R S E L V E S !

I didn’t like that the film makers were a block away and came and not only praised the Homeless man

(Which was a powerful gift in itself)

but actually gave him well over $500 (perhaps a piece).

Here’s what I was THINKING:

IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO MOVE US?
IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO MOTIVATE US TO GIVE?
IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING AWARENESS TO AN OBVIOUS TRAGIC SITUATION?
IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO SHOCK US TO ACTION?
IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO SHAME US?
IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO_______________________________________________?

Maybe that was the real purpose of the short 6 minute clip:

Not so much to make me Question

But to make me seek an ANSWER. . .

To actually make me feel disgust and then wrestle with why I actually FELT IT. . .

To T H I N K ?

You?

WHAT
DO
YOU
T H I N K ?