Is Humanity Rated by its Level of Compassion?
Air In….Air (Cry) Out.
At the moment of birth when a human arrives, a first breath must occur. That baby usually does this act with quite a proficiency and skill. The Air Out part is a bit complicated. That “Cry” that you as an individual can now make, has a truly profound purpose. When your lungs can expell air with sound and then get an almost immediate response, it is quite amazing. We should really learn to control this better….in the Adults i mean.
That sound of our babies first breath and their first “Cry” will always be remembered by us parents and all who get to hear it at a birth. An amazing first sound that brings intense feeling of love, compassion, and it seems a Awesome Europhoric feeling of the Reverance of Life (I got chills-Okay). An amazing sound, a bonding sound that we are just beginning to fully understand. This newborn human has just arrived and is announcing their disapproval or their fear and is demanding some Human Compassion. So that she, as well as all of us, can survive. Yes - I was blessed with 2 wonderful daughters and wife (not pictured). The baby in the pic also realizes it needs to hold onto something or someone….amazing.
So, as a brand spanking new unit of our billions of humanity, who is pretty much helpless, what do You need.
Your First Need: The Compassion of Others Nurturing, feeding, caring, calming voice, warmth, shelter,.. Hi Mom...is that the Dad…. who am I ...what is that…..why….?
Your Second Need: Learn to Survive as a Human.
No Rugged Individualism required here except for an intense individualistic craving and desperate immediate need for Compassionate Humans. A loud cry should get there attention…..
A simple “Cry” from a babies lungs can create well documented SuperNatural Human responses…. Be it from a Mother or Father, from a friend, relative, even strangers, who compassionately respond to that “Cry”. It can rally neighborhoods, communities, towns, cities, states, even countries. The compassion it can generate can move the world.
If you are an American and actually listening to what is going on in our country — Right Now — You can hear this “Cry” . Compassionate Americans have been hearing it for over 200 years now. It is a “Cry” for our amazing constitution and declaration that started this USA. A “Cry” that we all deserve to be treated equally and fairly as our constitution and laws demand. This primal “Cry” of our country must be answered. With compassion and not hate.
If you truly believe that you dont need compassion or help of any kind, or need a responsive govt for civility and the rule of law, or a safe and vibrant community to live and work, ….then you really need to take a long look back on your own life from its beginnings. Its easy to conflate the negative things that formed your opinions in your life, and to lay the blame on others, we all do it. The hard part is to understand and learn from these life hurdles, share your feelings so others can avoid being hurt, and see the simple humanity side of your own life. Who kept you warm, fed, dry, and safe. Who helped you and spent their compassion on You. Now who can you spend some compassion on and give back a little.
Ask yourself this, who stuck that spoon of food in your mouth as a babe, who made the spoon, who learned that the food you ate was ok, who brought it to you, who picked the food, who grew it, who cleaned you and kept you healthy, who built you a shelter, it wasnt always a cave …...do you see a pattern here. This is humanity not rocket science. All of the nurses, doctors, teachers, close family, police, co-workers, neighbors, classmates, schools, roads, military, government workers, and everyone of your own blood descendants. All of them gave much of themselves and there hard work for your benefit. It is why you did survive and are reading this today. That is Human Compassion. You are the result and you are able to understand and learn.
We must be taught compassion as children, to give back somehow by comforting those who are crying. To help the fallen, sick or weak. In an idealistic world, to have no one wanting with pain, fear and hunger.
The American Constitution and all it stands for..was written with this possibility and promises of hope. We hold these Truths to be self evident...Equality, justice, Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness,...to create a more perfect union….is a great and amazing evolving document. A truly Honorable document. Why is unrestrained Greed accepted and used to weaken our documents promises, for corrupt intents, greed is not honorable. Compassion is. Read the compassion in the Declaration of Independance and the Preamble as well as the writings of those first Honored American men. We were taught there names because they were great.
Those honorable first American men and women knew what they hell they were talking about. So Please answer our countries “Cry” and vote compassionately for the betterment of all of us and our babies future survival. If you answer “I dont care”, then you have failed at learning how to be a compassionate human, in your human life.