GOOOD MORNING!!!!
What's happenin'! What da deal yo! What can I say, it's a good day. Da weather is NICE! 80 and cool, low humidity, that's what I'm talking about, heh heh. Summer is moving along pretty quickly potnas. Tomorrow is August... already! Aight, on to... da Word!
checkit:
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?
- Jesus (Luke 10:36)
AWWW YEAH! My man J!!! Shonuff ;-D heh heh. This piece of dialogue is from the scene where my man J was edumacatin' this one kat (an expert in the law) on the concept of lovin' one's neighbor as one's self. To get the full background, peep Luke 10:25-37. But check this! I've read this many a time, the Parable of the Good Samaritan. I've also heard it tons. This time though, I noticed something different! And it's right there in that verse up above. See, this expert in the law posed a second question. He asked J, "Yo, I got this I got this. But checkit, who is my neighbor?" And so J proceeded to teach via parable (he is so awesome at this, tru!) and posed a question right back, "Now homeboy, which of da three was a tru neighbor?"
BAM!!!!! J shifted the focus!!!! This expert was asking about who his neighbor should be, and J was askin' about who exhibited the qualities of a neighbor! In other words, J was sayin', "Bruh, you gots to be outward focused man and not particular son. Ya can't group certain peeps as neighbors, and others as not. The real focus is, will you be a neighbor? Will you serve your fellow human? Will you rise above ego and status and lend a helping hand to any in need? See brutha, it's about the condition of your heart. If it's all about you, then you will categorize peeps and you have not love in its truest sense. But if it's all about people, then you create no distinctions and your love becomes unconditional, knowing no boundaries. It overflows and is given to all, just like my Father Pops above SON!!!!"
And you know what potnas? That is when we beocome unselfish. That is when our actions become overflowing with love. That is when the results will blow our minds, being ever greater than it could have been otherwise. That is when communities will come together and catapult society to a new era. That is when Joy will make it's home among us. Rather than looking for neighbors potnas, let us instead BE neighbors. One.
G-bless, AWWW YEAH! My man J!!! Shonuff ;-D heh heh. This piece of dialogue is from the scene where my man J was edumacatin' this one kat (an expert in the law) on the concept of lovin' one's neighbor as one's self. To get the full background, peep Luke 10:25-37. But check this! I've read this many a time, the Parable of the Good Samaritan. I've also heard it tons. This time though, I noticed something different! And it's right there in that verse up above. See, this expert in the law posed a second question. He asked J, "Yo, I got this I got this. But checkit, who is my neighbor?" And so J proceeded to teach via parable (he is so awesome at this, tru!) and posed a question right back, "Now homeboy, which of da three was a tru neighbor?"
BAM!!!!! J shifted the focus!!!! This expert was asking about who his neighbor should be, and J was askin' about who exhibited the qualities of a neighbor! In other words, J was sayin', "Bruh, you gots to be outward focused man and not particular son. Ya can't group certain peeps as neighbors, and others as not. The real focus is, will you be a neighbor? Will you serve your fellow human? Will you rise above ego and status and lend a helping hand to any in need? See brutha, it's about the condition of your heart. If it's all about you, then you will categorize peeps and you have not love in its truest sense. But if it's all about people, then you create no distinctions and your love becomes unconditional, knowing no boundaries. It overflows and is given to all, just like my Father Pops above SON!!!!"
And you know what potnas? That is when we beocome unselfish. That is when our actions become overflowing with love. That is when the results will blow our minds, being ever greater than it could have been otherwise. That is when communities will come together and catapult society to a new era. That is when Joy will make it's home among us. Rather than looking for neighbors potnas, let us instead BE neighbors. One.
- patrick
