Daryl Wood's Blog

Before I make this blog into a rant, let me begin again: from a place of wise knowing.

Before you judge the hesitant driver in front of you, the telemarketer who calls at dinner time, the bored store clerk who doesn’t look up from the till, the mother who can’t make her kids behave on the bus, the waiter/waitress who delivers the wrong meal, the boss who doesn’t pay a fair wage, the pet lovers who don’t pick up after their pooch, the business owners who charge more than the big box stores, the people on welfare who cheat the system, the politicians who abuse public funds, the churches for not owning their mistakes, the municipality for hiring contractors who don’t do a good job, the neighbours for having too many Christmas lights/parking on their lawn/partying late and especially anyone who has ever said something mean … stop.

Find a sense of compassion for what others might be experiencing now or have experienced in the past. Feel compassion for the souls around you who are struggling, like you, to feel safe or to live up to the expectations the world has placed on them. Compassion can erase judgement, insensitivity, rudeness, criticism, sarcasm and hurt. Today, be a living, breathing vessel of compassion. God knows, the world could use a healthy dose of compassion today.

May you know you are loved.