The Importance of Being Present...

As we envelope ourselves, voluntarily or not, in the social implications of the presidential campaign and the feeling of loss as our culture moves closer and closer to isolationism, a lack of compassion and empathy for others, and what seems to be an unprecedented level of selfishness and shallowness through worship of social media, reality TV, sensationalism, and material things, I can't help but pray we have a reawakening that redefines progress as more than change, but rather growth in the right direction.  William Chambers and his mother epitomize what will be required as we move from the complex to the simple, isolation to compassion, selfishness to empathy, and becoming less the by-product of the negativity and sensationalism in our culture to more the driving force for inclusion and acceptance as we evolve our consciousness to a commonality of purpose and understanding.

Please click the photo below to hear a beautiful story about how lives can change through simply being present.

In such a brief clip, they profoundly said so very much.

The importance of thoughtfulness & acceptance...
The gift of freedom to think whatever you want to think without the limitations of societal influence...
The importance of simply being present...
The appreciation for the beauty of small moments...
The importance of focusing on today, because we are not promised tomorrow.
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William reminds us that there is hope, there is a future we can be proud of, and there are those who understand that lifting others up is the only way to grow personally and culturally.