I have to tell you, I was absolutely stunned by the Grammy Awards this year. I honestly don’t remember watching them for long the last several years, but the opening act this year and the ever-incredible Alicia Keys had me hooked from the beginning. (I guess you don’t “age out” after all.)
So, the strong message to me was beyond music unifying, although it clearly has in every generation. It was about using your platform, whatever that is that God has given you, to improve our world. Lady Gaga, (who, by the way, is my surprise new love) used her stage to talk about mental health, compelling us all to take care of each other. I honestly have never met a person who didn’t need to hear this. Have you?
From the beginning of time, God instructed us to take care of one another. There are numerous scriptures, but here are a few of my favorites…
1 Thessalonians 5:11: “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up…”
Galatians 6:2: “Bear one another’s burdens…”
Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted…”
As a Christian, I rest in these truths. But I have friends from many beliefs and religions, and I believe the sheer majority of the world believes in this truth.
I hope as we go into a new week we can all be on the look out for how we can best “take care.” I also hope that we can shake off every bit of negative feeling that comes with asking for help. Many of my best days are because I did just that. We are not meant to do life alone.
Have the best of weeks.
I love your last statement…we are not meant to do life alone!! As I get older….I think about how I have done my part to make this a better place for others to live. My Dad always said “Leave a place better than how you found it!”
This applies to daily life…the interactions we have with people do not have to be huge….simple acts of kindness will do for starters. Simple things snowball into bigger things which leaves your world a better place than you found it!