Response to Heavy Heart

I wrote this a week or so ago after some reflection:

I spent some time reflecting tonight and began to wonder how we break the cycles we have created. How does a child, raised by a parent who was in turn raised by their parent who had no time, tolerance or parenting skill break out of that to become a great parent? How do they become role models for the next generation and create an environment that encourages their children to grow? How do we spread the love that we have for those that are close to us to everyone and make those societal changes that allow and encourage us to love our neighbors as ourselves? I don’t know the answer but do know how we live in community here has really changed my approach to interacting and caring for everyone I come in contact with. We live by Matthew 18 and know that our intentions for each other are good and important and I encourage all of us to really start to think the same way.

Molly has a great saying, “we judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions.” What would our neighborhood, city, country and world look like if we all walked around with this in our heads?