dailydatewithgod

For all the strife and conflict we have with other human beings it is clear that what lies at the cord of the disconnect is the forgetting of who we are.  As humans when we are focused on the problems, the conflict, essentially the differences, we lose sight of who others are and who we are.  The very term humane is synonymous with benevolent, cordial, democratic, merciful, tolerant, gentle, gracious, friendly, approachable, and forgiving.  God encourage us to remember by returning to our own hearts. When we pause and connect into the heart, our vision becomes more fully embodied.  We notice on a very basic level the people we are labeling as others have a heart too.  They have a heart because they are human.  How do we know how to treat a human?  By being humane.  Our minds become very attached to the outer exterior around the heart and it is easy to be fooled into thinking someone else has no heart.  In fact, it is sometimes the descriptor we use when describing someone who behaves or thinks in a manner different from our own.  The problem is we lose our own heart if we continue to focus on what we believe to be their lack of one.  It is not easy and as much as I may want to make the person on the road who cut me off or the co-worker who did not complete their part of the project the enemy, it is simply not true.  Our friends and enemies are made up of the same stuff as us.  It is a stretch of our own hearts and our capacity for humaneness calling upon us to reconnect as God designed us to do.   It whispers us in the stillness of our spirits and beckons us to give each other another look from the eyes of the heart.