A Stranger Offers Shoulder Of Support To A Weary Traveler On The Subway FORGET the fact that the person offering the shoulder is Jewish and the weary traveler is African-American, it is simply the chance meeting of two humans where the empathy of one person for his weary brethren trumps any civic, social, religious, or racial norms and divides. Rabbi Bradley Hirschfield, president of The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, states that to be able to draw on past hardship [personal or of others] to soften our hearts towards others is one of the most repeated commandments to the Jewish people, and is the core of many spiritual traditions. While this teaching is also core to many other faiths, it is only when the whole world internalizes this belief into the fiber of their souls regardless of the religions we follow, will we understand the way of the Divine. It is the collection of such empathetic gestures, no matter how large or small, that will change this world for the better. https://facebook/OneGODLifeFramework
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:17:13 +0000