30 Days Until 30 - Day 20

When you break people down completely, strip away their politics, religion, careers, class, social status, & whatever else has been taught or handed or worked for you are left with one's humanity.

What sets the tone for a person's character is their ability to feel. No matter anyone's intelligence, emotions are a part of everyone. Some are more in touch with their feelings while other's have the emotional depth of a teaspoon (again, shout outs to all who got that reference, #nerdparty).

The world is definitely lacking empathy. An abundance of apathy has infected the population. Society continues to blame society for this, when in fact, we *are* society.

I, myself am burdened with too much empathy. I can soak up a room full of hostility & then dish it back out in a way that makes everyone else in the room forget what they were fighting for & just focus on how crazy I am. I can literally crawl inside the mind of a fictional character & feel their pain. This is why I tell my husband he can pick a movie, but nothing "heavy". We watched John Q once & I immediately banned it.

I have overcome this by trying to surround myself with good hearted people, an easy achievement with the families my husband & I have.

I truly believe if we all took less notice of the things that separate us & just make the choice to care for one another. And if everyone slowed down & took stock of their feelings the world would change. I believe whole heartedly that we can choose happiness as long as we remember, peace is not the destination, it's the way.