People's Lives

Oh what it would be to know the ins and outs and deep mysteries of our fellow man. So many people are going through so many different things and I see little hints of what's going on, like passing by in a car and seeing the trim on somebody's house through all the foliage out front and then forgetting about it. I wish I could stop at each house and get the grand tour, but right now I'm just in too big of a hurry to get to where I'm going, as if I'm late for something. But then again, I don't even know where I'm going and what I'm late for, so what keeps me from stopping at these houses and getting a tour? Why can't I avert my eyes from the road ahead of me...

There's so much life everywhere that we're all unaware of. The complexities of you are only the beginning of the complexities of life around you but most of the time, we don't realize, and I would venture to say - don't believe - that anyone exists but ourselves. By example, try to think of what someone is doing right now who's not in the same room as you - it seems so weird and unnatural that people are existing everywhere outside of the context of you.

Enter the problem: We don't care. There are some people, a very limited selection that have found that they do care - These people are the light of the world that Jesus talks about in Matthew 5. Why is it so hard for the rest of us? I deeply desire to have this desire for real, but in the mean time, I'll just fake it because I think it must be better than not caring at all.

Speaking of people, check out Little People.