It was a day most like any other day for me other than the fact that today was a day of compassion – I am sure that is why I woke up before my alarm…nah maybe it was that I wanted to show compassion to my clothes and wash them…either way. Would this day of compassion be different from any other day? To a point I suppose it made me more conscious about my thoughts that took place during the day. I was more aware as to the surroundings and people around me and the events that were taking place in those surroundings. It made me recognize those areas in which I had the opportunity to show compassion. Did it change a lot for me? I think for the most part I am fairly considerate of others, so changing negative actions to positive actions didn’t present itself much today. In addition, I haven’t much been in a hurry this summer, well at least while on campus, walking from the dorms I don’t have many traffic issues to speak of and the travel time is short. Now, had it been a day that I was driving to work and people were rightly driving the speed limit, which I of course I was not, it might take a little more effort on my part to keep my thoughts compassionate towards them for following the rules and slowing down my average driving time by just a few minutes. It would have been great to say that I helped someone who was in distress today, but it just didn’t happen although the day is not officially over. A major event could happen in the next hour. I enjoy the overall idea of people acting compassionate to each other creating this nice aura of niceness.
I must say that Taming of the Shrew and the musical rendition of Big Love was a blast tonight. Thanks to the group for attending and making it a great time.
And the best part of the plays... we could apply them to our class. I can't remember how many times I turned to Meg and commented on how that person could make the choice to be happy or if they thought about it they could show compassion here... the point is what we have learned applies to everything. We need to realize that we can do this everyday, not just today!
ReplyDeleteNick,
ReplyDeleteToday must have been a breeze for you today. If your name was Cal, your nickname would have been Compassionate Cal. Instead your name is Nick, and your nickname is Nice Nick. The interesting future day for you is going to be Conceit Day. That one will be tough for you. I doubt there will be such a day, but that would be fun to watch.