"Generic" goodness.
As some of you know, I've recently begun studying Kung Fu, a Chinese martial art that requires great strength and dexterity (both of which I greatly lack for now). Anyway, even after a few weeks of classes I still find myself remarkably sore after class, and especially when I wake up in the morning. To try and ease the pain, I bought a tube of sports cream, kind of like Bengay, except for the much cheaper Wal-Mart brand (since I'm cheap). So last night I got home after class and decided to treat my sore legs and back so that I'd wake up a little less cranky. I smoothed the cream on and felt nothing. "Bah," I thought, "that's what I get for buying the cheap stuff." But after a few minutes, I found that my entire body felt as though it were on fire! That "cheap stuff" packed a punch! I had to wait for it to ease up before I could even go to sleep.
Sometimes in life we get a false impression that because something isn't "the Name brand" it is somehow inferior. I guess that people can be kind of like sports cream in that aspect. The outer shell might not look like much, or even when you start to get little bit of a feel for them they just don't seem to have that substance. But give them a chance to work, let them get a little deeper, and BAM! Burning legs! Or hearts or whatever in the case of people. My point is, that just because a person doesn't seem to be making any progress in their social, economic or spiritual life, that doesn't make them inferior in anyway. I know this is something we all know in our heads, but sometimes it's difficult to apply it in real life, especially when you're confronted with a person whose beauty is hard to see. However, if I had merely gone and washed the muscle rub off and cast it aside, I'd have never known what it could really do. Give people a chance, believe in them, and don't be shocked when a dim little flame turns into warming bonfire that gives warmth and light to many. Amen.
Oh, and for those concerened, my muscles do feel much better, though my Kung Fu master still has me plenty sore.
Vincent Christian
Sometimes in life we get a false impression that because something isn't "the Name brand" it is somehow inferior. I guess that people can be kind of like sports cream in that aspect. The outer shell might not look like much, or even when you start to get little bit of a feel for them they just don't seem to have that substance. But give them a chance to work, let them get a little deeper, and BAM! Burning legs! Or hearts or whatever in the case of people. My point is, that just because a person doesn't seem to be making any progress in their social, economic or spiritual life, that doesn't make them inferior in anyway. I know this is something we all know in our heads, but sometimes it's difficult to apply it in real life, especially when you're confronted with a person whose beauty is hard to see. However, if I had merely gone and washed the muscle rub off and cast it aside, I'd have never known what it could really do. Give people a chance, believe in them, and don't be shocked when a dim little flame turns into warming bonfire that gives warmth and light to many. Amen.
Oh, and for those concerened, my muscles do feel much better, though my Kung Fu master still has me plenty sore.
Vincent Christian
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