2 September, 2012
Have you ever dropped a pebble in a pond, or skipped rocks
on the water, or just dropped something in a sink or bathtub full of water?
Sometimes there’s a splash and then come the ripples and as you watch them they
spread out and get bigger and wider from the center until you can’t see them
anymore.
Well, have you ever considered the things you are doing that spread out and have far reaching affects on the
people around you, the ones near and the ones far? Have ever considered the thing that you dropped
into the water and how that affects your foundation, because ripples don’t only
go wide they go deep as well. We never
think that the thing we do first drops and then spreads out. It becomes a part of our very foundation and
then it spreads out into time and eternity and affects every aspect of our
being.
Consider this… if you were a child whose parent never told you
that they loved you then what do you do?
You would go looking for love in all the places right or wrong seeking someone
to love and accept you. This one act, as
simple and as complex as it is will affect everyone you come into contact with. Because you are looking for love, sometimes your behavior may not be real because you want to be loved, so you do
whatever they want so they will love you back.
And so it is with a person who is loved and affirmed all their lives by
parents and extended family. Ripples
make fundamental changes to our very psyche.
A kind word causes a ripple, a word said in anger, bitterness, hatred
causes a ripple. A smile, a thank you, a
gesture can change a mind-set or shift an act of violence. You never know.
Let us be mindful of the ripples our actions cause because if
you don’t deal with the cause and affect perhaps your children will who knows.
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