Just 5

You know the old saying; "Hurting people hurt people"...it is true, maybe more true now than when it was first said.

In my hurt, confusion, anger and despair I have hurt MANY!  I am so sorry for that and I am working, to dry up those rivers of tears that have been shed on my account.

As I am doing that, I want to pose a challenge to you dear reader...go out of your way and help 5 people today.  Use your hurt in a different way, vow in your soul that no one else will ever be hurt by you intentionally.  Because, honestly, your lifetime of hurt may just be used to start someone on the path to their healing.  What terrible tragedies you have gone through may become a bulwark to detour someone else from going down that destructive path.  Take your eyes off of yourself for a few minutes (what you have to do, where you have to go why you have to...etc.) And put eyes on the other lonely, defeated, overwhelmed soul next to you. 

Just 5, help 5.  Listen to someone, without judgment, give your time and effort to improve someone's life today...smile at 5 people instead of frowning at them.  Buy a Homeless guy a sandwich, send a calling card to a soldier, let someone out there know that they are worth more than their pain.

Sure, "Hurting people hurt people", but did you know that Hurting people make the best healers?  They do if they move the focus from their pain to someone else's and act in love toward that person.

C'mon...just 5...