Ok, it’s a hot day—the kind that weighs you down with heavy humidity and makes you want to either jump in water or stay in air-conditioning all day. It’s the heat that so many people couldn’t wait for last winter. It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s oppressive. Do you still like it?
If not, what kind of hot do you like: to be sweaty and overheated from a good workout, to have a superficial quality that is “hot” to others, the dry heat of an Arizona desert, or the heat of passion for a person, project, or belief?
The heat of passion can be good if it is directed in a positive way. It can give energy, purpose, and direction. And of course, if directed negatively, it can be a terrible source of evil that can bring down the human race one incident at a time.
But how about building up the human race one incident at a time?
You can do it and only you in your unique way. The heat of passion can be used to:
---notice those around you who are in need and learn to be compassionate
---insert peace into a developing argument
---respect each individual, knowing that all lives matter
---develop radical gratitude for all you have been given
---grow in your singular creativity
---promote and appreciate what is positive in life
---spread integrity and kindness around with recklessness
---pick someone up who has forgotten how to care
And if it gets too hot to handle, try just sitting alone quietly in the coolness of
God’s continual love.
copyright-Jeanne Adams
If not, what kind of hot do you like: to be sweaty and overheated from a good workout, to have a superficial quality that is “hot” to others, the dry heat of an Arizona desert, or the heat of passion for a person, project, or belief?
The heat of passion can be good if it is directed in a positive way. It can give energy, purpose, and direction. And of course, if directed negatively, it can be a terrible source of evil that can bring down the human race one incident at a time.
But how about building up the human race one incident at a time?
You can do it and only you in your unique way. The heat of passion can be used to:
---notice those around you who are in need and learn to be compassionate
---insert peace into a developing argument
---respect each individual, knowing that all lives matter
---develop radical gratitude for all you have been given
---grow in your singular creativity
---promote and appreciate what is positive in life
---spread integrity and kindness around with recklessness
---pick someone up who has forgotten how to care
And if it gets too hot to handle, try just sitting alone quietly in the coolness of
God’s continual love.
copyright-Jeanne Adams