Decency and mindfulness go hand in hand.
We are decent when we are aware of the needs of others.
When we help create policy which allows everyone to put together a good life for themselves, we are behaving in a normal, natural way.
It is unnatural to have such a sense of emptiness in oneself that the only way to fill it up is to take away from others.
It is natural to want to share the good we have with others.
It is unnatural to feel that we are the only ones who deserve happiness.
It is natural to realize that everyone is entitled to the chance to better their own lives.
It is unnatural to act in a totally self-centered manner which recognizes only the need to fill oneself up with more stuff and more power.
It is natural to recognize our humanness and our ability to be expressive, creative individuals.
It is unnatural to expect everyone to be the same and to have no needs for decency in their neighborhoods and in interactions with all segments of society.
It is natural to encourage growth and development, not to squash it.
It is natural to recognize and appreciate the contribution which everyone makes in a healthy society and then to set it up so everyone can make a healthy contribution.
We are evolving towards more compassion even as we see its opposite be enacted as government policy.
We are evolving toward a larger world view, even as we see our government limit itself in so many directions.
Individual growth and progress accumulates until it is an unstoppable power for good throughout the community.
It is a natural result of decency and mindfulness.
© 2018 Kathryn Hardage
www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com
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