I have found that taking the time each morning to connect with Spirit, my divine wisdom, my heart opens up and I am able to give the gift of kindness, understanding, compassion, and love to myself and others.

Here is a beautiful story that touched my heart as it will yours.  A wonderful, inspiring little girl, Susie, shares those special gifts of kindness, understanding, compassion, and love.

Wet Pants

Come with me to a third grade classroom…..  There is a nine-year-old boy sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet.  He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened.  It’s never happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it.  When the girls find out, they’ll never speak to him again as long as he lives….

The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays this prayer, “Dear God, this is an emergency!  I need help now!  Five minutes from now I am dead meat.”

He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.

As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water.  Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy’s lap.

The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, “Thank you, Lord! Thank you.”

Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of compassion.  The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out.  All the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk.  The compassion is wonderful.  But as life would have it, the ridicule that would have been his has been transferred to someone else – Susie…

She tries to help, but they tell her to get out.  You’ve done enough, you klutz!”

Finally, at the end of the day as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Susie whispers back, “I wet my pants once too…”

This beautiful story was sent to me by a Dear and Special friend, Sandy, who freely gives the gifts of compassion and love to others.  She is a wonderful example of “Susie”.    This story reminds me of how important it is for us to take time everyday to connect with Spirit.  Let’s open our hearts up, be in the present, and choose to recognize those opportunities that are always around us to support others in sharing our compassion and love.

We want to open up to compassion, understanding, and love instead of making fun of others mishaps; causing them to feel badly, guilty, and possibly feeling they’re not accepted and that something is wrong with them..  Being honest with yourself about how you would like to be treated when you make a mistake or become embarrassed will help you to give that to others.  Let’s become like “Susie” and see how much kindness we can give today.

This is an opportunity to be an example for our children, grandchildren, and others.  An example of compassion, love, and giving kindness to those around us.  We can be a small part of changing the world.

Sending you much Love,

Joyce

Tags: Acceptance, compassion, Fear, kindness, Love, powerless, Spirit, understanding

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