A Jewish girl staggered through snow and bitter cold to collapse in a corner of a train station. Too weak, she waited for death. She did not know her parents and sister had died in the Holocaust.
A young Polish seminarian noticed Edith, brought her tea and a sandwich. He offered to accompany her to Krakow, but had to carry her on his back several miles to the train. Later he returned to visit her - then he was Pope John Paul II.
Sometimes we need to look up to see, to notice the eyes of another.
In a video Look Up, Garry Turk exposes the effects of social media on our society. "By connecting on line we disconnect off line," he says.
Some of the catchy phrases in the narrative startle and challenge:
I have 440 friends, yet I am lonely. This media we call social is anything but Is it the same when no one is there?
On the train, no one wants to talk for fear of looking insane... Look into another's eyes.
We're a generation of idiots. Smart phones and dumb people. The difference being there can make
In the end he commissions us:
Don't miss the moments of life; falling in love, holding your baby, raising a family. When you're too busy looking down, you don't see the chances you miss.
Go into the world; leave distraction behind. Look up from your phone; shut down that display. Stop watching this video; live life the real way.
Last Sunday, returning from Saskatoon, I stopped at a service station in Wadena. As I entered I made eye contact across the room with a young lady working behind the counter. We smiled. She was not on her phone texting. There are real moments in life when you look up.
I realize now that I missed two chances to say thank you in the world of commerce I passed through today.
"When we begin to understand who we really are, our connection to ourselves and the universe becomes an interactive and co-creative dance of love, laughter and joy." Robin Korth.
As souls redeemed by Jesus Christ we should consider these words: "Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who have already been there." Vine Delora, Soiux.
Robin Korth describes the process of coming out of the hell Delora refers to: "I finally understood the truth of this as I consciously turned my heart from despair and began the work of finding my soul."
