One of the greatest things i love about the family and our homes, is the sense(most of the time.)that you are a family,equal and just as important and interesting across the board.Too often though in gatherings,fellowships or seminars the lines seem clearly dawn aroung certain clicks or "stratas"if you will,at one more recent one i went to i was amaized to find a caste system in place.
whith many of the more family elite"or those who have a better look, aloof from those of the more menial class.HAve we come to the point where we have social circles in the family?I for one hope not. each person i meet new, or reaquanted in the family not only is extreamly talented and amazing but beautiful and charming in there own way.I have to say that many things i thought about people or ideas of thier personalities where far from right and each time I see them I am amazed at a new side of them.
I wonder how if we each took time to reach out to someone outside of our social circle, how amazed we would be to find a friend,companion,or lover.asit is you could stand in the middle of a family gathering and the clicks are prevalent around you,even to the real hurt or exclusion of others.if we are the family of love,the reincarnation of the cathars should we not try and act like it?
If each day we made a effort to really endevor to befriend or get to know better someone outside our own"circle"or socially appropriate group or age range, we would make the familly of love alive more.I fall short in this i know not out of meaness or spite, but more from being too lazy to really think of others instead of my own comfort zone or what i want.please i askthat each time you decide to hang out with friends,throw a party or even just chill out or do something fun;think of the person who may be feeling left out and pull them in.
make that effort to draw a wider circle and include those who maybe you would not normally,help then feel loved and part of that "in crowd" whitch should include all of your brothers and sisters.
If jesus did not discriminate why should we? I for one want to follow in his footsteps of treating and loving all of us the same.try it today tomarrow is too late.
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Clare says:
So which "caste" was I in? :oP
hey mike this is michael hows is going? do you have a yahoo ID??
From someone who was also there, this is a very interesting post. It makes me sad, because it sounds like you were hurt in some way, or at least you have a tender heart and a caring soul to sense the hurts of others.
I also think that with a large group of people in a wide range of personalities, ages, likes and dislikes there are bound to be misunderstandings about things. There are also bound to be some real mistakes or areas in which people could show more love.
I did see a lot of people trying though. I saw FGA and SGA interaction. People trying to talk to other people not usually in their age bracket, sitting with others they don't usually sit with, hanging out with them too.
It's not always easy to step out of your "comfort zone" and I'm sure we all have a lot to learn there, but I did see a lot of people trying.
I think that to say there were different "castes" may be a bit on the harsh side. You're sure on the good-looking, fun, talented and outgoing side, but I didn't sense that from you, or from many others. Often even those who are that way feel insecure themselves and don't consider themselves that way. Some of those we may look at and consider to be in some clique or that they are "too good" for everyone else, may just as easily be shy or unsure of themselves.
It's so hard to judge a person in this way. Maybe that's why Jesus said not to. He also said that if you have a disagreement with a brother, you should go to him personally and work it out. I'm not sure posting it on the internet has the same positive results.
I wonder too, how a gathering such as this would compare with a similar gathering in the world? Actually, I pretty much already know. Talk about cliques and castes! I say this, not to grade on the curve, but just because we're all human and while we're all striving towards the goal, we do make mistakes, some unintentionally and some just because we have a lot to learn. But a mistake here or there does not a caste system make.
Still, I agree with all your points. We should show love without partiality. We should try and consider others. We should try and draw them in. Maybe I'm blind, but in most cases I saw a lot of this at the seminar. I saw people opening up what were going to be smaller gatherings to include 30 or more people, even in their own bedrooms or living rooms where they had to wait to go to sleep until everyone left and then, I imagine deal with the mess themselves later, since we didn't stay around to clean up, that's for sure.
I know there were also some who tried to have smaller private times together. But that doesn't necessarily mean it was a clique! I think we can also give the benefit of the doubt and say that there are some things you can only do in smaller, more intimate settings and there's nothing wrong with that.
Kudos to everyone who tried to show love.
Kudos to those who tried and didn't make the grade every time.
Kudos to you Mike, for pointing out the need for more of it.
Peace.
it was not me how was hurt to clear this up,but i have seen many of my friends or those who i admire hurt in this way. and while many do strive to go out of there way to bring others in sadly others choose to live in there own worlds a bit ha, to the hurt of others. in saying that the caste was a bit of a dramitization not to be taken literaly more in a social circles way for clarification.i wrote this so that maybe some become more aware of those around them and we pull others more in for times of fun and fellowship not only when we have too.
yep mike,its davidgianella@yahoo.com david micheal gianella is my real name ha.
clare you are always in a great and fun circle, we all love and adore you in a good way xo.
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