April 16, 2013

• Doing the good stuff

  After something like yesterday’s events, we are all so low. We find ourselves glued to the t.v. reports or googling on the internet to hear the latest news, the most up to date information on the tragedy. We get mired down in this swamp of depression. It doesn’t matter if we know the victims personally or not, we feel connected with them and we hurt for them. We muck around in the swampiness of grief and sadness and shock.

  We don’t have to do that. Recently, I was talking with someone about dealing with tragedy. When it comes to things you see and hear and read, once you take them in, you can’t get them out. Some things, they just stay with you forever. Be cautious of what you allow in. It becomes your constant roommate. You also traumatize yourself, every time you see it again. People recovering from trauma, they need normalcy and routine. So do you.

  When confronted with tragedy, remember this thing: you can do good. People were doing good in the midst of the tragedy. The masses get scared and run away, and yet, the helpers get brave and run in. Some lives were lost and broken, yes. Grieve that loss for them, then go do good. If you can’t do good for people in Boston today, do good for the people whose lives are broken near you. There is always good work to be done, and there’s always a choice to be made. Choose to do the right thing, every time you can. You can’t control what terrible, hateful, nasty things other people are going to do, but you make your own choices for you. 

  Give someone a hug today.
  Say a kind word.
  Buy someone a meal or a coffee.
  Volunteer.
  Donate money/stuff you’re not using to someone else in need
  Pray, not just for the safety of your family and loved ones, but for those you don’t know and for those who intend you harm.
  Love, without ever expecting it in return.

  

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