"It's a topsy-turvy world, and maybe the problems of two people don't amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill. And these are our beans! "

FD, once again, my thanks.

Sara and I usually have good chats. Sometimes she'll do a lot of talking, and I'll do a lot of listening, and other times I'll talk and she'll listen, offering more insights than I think she gives herself credit for.


But I found myself thinking as I went to bed last night, that there are people living not 30 seconds from our door who couldn't care less about the things that we deemed necessary to talk about that night, or any other time for that matter. And half a world away, there are people who I'll never meet, who will never meet me, who aren't affected at all by the things that keep me up at night. They have their own worries and fears.

And that's just it, isn't it. We all have things that seem to consume our thoughts, we all have problems, we all have issues with SOMETHING in life. And maybe it doesn't amount to much in the grand scope of things, in the macrocosm of life here on earth. But in the microcosm of OUR lives here in OUR little corner of earth, these beanhills are enough to engulf us.

This is our hill, and these are our beans.

And over there, that is their hill, and those are their beans.

And all these little beanhills, tiny in the big picture, are enough to be devastating to one person.

Here is where I make a point that ties this whole thing together : If you agree with me that this is true, how about being intentional with me about not adding to anyone's beanhill anymore? People got enough problems on their own - why add to it. I mean, it'll happen anyway, because we're all humans and no one's perfect, but I think we can do a better job collectively about finding ways to voice our praise as quickly as we voice our criticisms, of being as free with our love as we are with our scorn, of being as comfortable to be around as we want others to be. What's that? Be the change you wish to see in the world? Sounds good to me.

Sidenote - I've taken it upon myself (and w Sara's encouragement) to use as many FD quotes as I can as subject headers in this bloggy thingy AND still make it pertinent to my thoughts du jour, as it were. Should be fun.


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