I watched I AM by Tom
Shadyac with some good friends and was inspired by the thrust of its message — love
is in our DNA. Incredibly, as one of my friends was opening his car door to
leave we had a random guy ride up my driveway on his bike and, nose-to-nose
with my friend and I, picked a fight, to which we both said at the same time,
words to the effect, “No, man, we won’t fight with you. We’re only interested
in love.” As if in complete rewind, he immediately backed off, said he was
lost, and then asked for directions to Leach Highway, which we promptly gave
him! Off he went…
Non-violence is the thesis of victory over the disease of
materialism, because materialism is the basis of all aggression, and aggression
will certainly be the end of humankind. But, astoundingly, as we refuse to engage
violence with violence, becoming the pacifier, people join our collective
strength, for our strength is not in our solitude, but in our solidarity.
Acts of kindness may be small, but there is a sure cumulative
effect, as each kindness is done it is added to the movement of kindnesses
bestowed and school of such kindnesses are the body of the propulsion of love.
Kindnesses joined with kindnesses are propelled in some seemingly
random pattern, but they all coalesce in love. No kindness is wasted, ever.
If you and me and soon almost everyone else committed one or two
kindnesses a day, a movement of love could sweep the world. The propulsion of
love is about believing in the power of miniscule acts of kindness to create
such a movement.
We’re interconnected more than we know, which is why every
random kindness makes more than its share of difference.
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