Do you think it’s possible? Can you make a difference when you have a chronic illness? After all, we’re the ones that need help. You can find articles all over the internet explaining how we’d like to be treated or taken care of but there isn’t much out there about the difference we can make in the lives of others.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be defined as the “sick” friend who needs help from those around her but never gives anything back in return.
I shared this video on Facebook the other day, and in case you haven’t seen it, it’s worth the watch.
It’s nothing extraordinary. No one saved from a burning car, no gorilla, no tiny child slapping his mother while others laugh. Nope, it’s kinda simple actually. It’s just a man who looked out his window and saw another person as another soul and not just an object he looked past. He doesn’t have a chronic illness, at least not that I know of. But he does have a compassionate heart.
His simple act of kindness for another person is something we can all emulate.
We all have the ability to do something kind for another person.
If you happened to follow along with our book club of the Choose Joy book, Sara Frankl was a beaming example of how a person with a debilitating illness, literally bedridden and unable to leave her home, was able to show kindness to others and make a difference in their lives.
Maybe we don’t have the money to go buy a bunch of flowers for someone, that’s ok. We do have the ability to smile or say a kind word.
We have the ability to pray or send an encouraging note.
We have the ability to look beyond ourselves and our illness briefly to show God’s love to another.
