You know, I wish there were a way to make everyone happy in every situation... I wish there were a way to keep that one bad potato from spoiling the whole bunch.. I wish there were a way to banish hatefulness and spite, or at least put a lid on it, so that people could get along... I wish there were a way to make people see the truth, the REAL TRUTH of a situation instead of what is convenient (self serving) for them to believe. I wish people weren't so prideful and didn't have such a hard time admitting when they are or were wrong, and how they contributed to a situation, how they could have helped instead of hindered.. and I wish people would especially keep this in mind when children are involved. I wish there were some sort of internal warning light that went off when people were being self-serving, instead of doing the right thing, you know, just to tip them off and give them a chance to do act right before they did damage to others.
I wish that divorcing people and people with children who are suffering through the pangs of a dying relationship wouldn't view their children as pawns and ransom and potential income. They need to put the childs welfare ahead of their own needs and wants, ahead of their own rage and their own need to lash out and hurt the former mate... I know this feeling can be strong, real, and overwhelming.... but its not in the childrens best interest. They love and need both parents, they need to know that both parents love and need them. And they need to know that the custodial parent loves them enough to care about their needs. AND this is ALL they need to know. They don't need to know how much disdain one parent has for the other, or the colorful names you have come up with for each other. I have some experience with this particular topic, and I can tell you that things would have gone much smoother for the adults as well as the children if ALL the adults involved could have seen beyond themselves and done what was right for the child or children, at the time.
Aside from divorce situations, I wish that people in general would just be kinder, more loving, more thoughtful of one another. It's true what they say... everyone is going through something, everyone is fighting some sort of battle... most of us try to put on a happy face, some of us don't . Some people are just grumpy and hateful. It doesn't mean they can't use a kind word and some loving behaviour shown to them. Maybe they need it more than most! It is true that some people are harder to love than others, but we should still love them, and probably need to love them double, whether they seem to appreciate it or not!
We are given that Duty by God Himself... to LOVE. Love our Brethren. Love our neighbors. Love the sinner. Love the widows. Love the old. Love the orphans. Love the little ones. Love the unlovable. Love our enemies. Love everyone. What a wonderful testament to our FAITH, and the GRACE we've been blessed with to be able to put this commandment into action. There are times when this is not so easy to do... when we are hurt, when we are angry, or outraged... or worse, when someone has hurt someone we love... It is sometimes very hard to love and be helpful to someone who seems to give you nothing but grief in return, but we are commanded to, and your LOVE for them may be the only scripture they get. YOU may be their LIVING SCRIPTURE! How awesome is that! So in spite of the difficulty of the task at hand, I implore you not to give up on the seemingly unlovable... they need it more than anyone. I would like to add as a side note, that no one expects you to put yourself in any real physical danger in order to do this, so certainly, don't risk your life or endanger anyone else in a physical way in order to prove this point.
I hope you will all forgive me for the rambling nature of this particular blog. I haven't written in while (TONS of stuff going on here on the home front), so I'll be trying to catch up in the next couple of weeks and they are apt to be a bit rambling cause I seem to have a lot to say all of a sudden!
Love to all and God Bless!
Susan
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