Moral question of the day.
Let's say that you have a chronic condition, or struggle, or burden. (Think medical, psychological, mental, emotional, financial, etc.) If you could pass it off to another person, anonymously, would you? By this, I mean that you cannot choose who receives your condition. It may be your best friend, a total stranger, or your worst enemy. (If you have a lot of enemies, let's talk about that later.)
So. Would you pass it on?
So. Would you pass it on?
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Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. —Romans 13:10" So no, as this would violate my core.
What would i do? I can't say exactly. Only the moment would tell. I can only trust that i would do the right thing.
However, would it be such a bad thing if somebody took the 'burden' off our shoulders once in a while? Isn't this in the very nature of 'burden'? So maybe we need to a slightly different question than yours ... Maybe what we need to ask is not so much whether we would pass our burdens off to another or not as whether we have the right understanding of what constitutes a burden (and what doesn't). Same with fortune and misfortune. Is poverty a burden? Is ill health? And are wealth and good health really blessings? In other words, are we sure that we call a burden really a burden and not a blessing? ... For it is possible — just possible that it may be the other way round, and vice versa ... I am not saying that it has to be. But i think every human being ought to at least once in his life answer these questions for himself. For, on these will depend the direction he will give to his life.
So perhaps the only truthful way to answer your question is: Yes, if it is really a burden, then perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad thing if somebody would take it off my shoulders once in a while. But first i have to be sure that it's a burden. :)
Values don't always translate to action.
Values don't always translate to action.
Are they really values if they don't translate? Or are they wishful thinking? At times in my life I have lived according to my values, and at other times I have not. I think it was directly related to my connectedness, whether I was true to my values or not. When I am not living according to my values, there's a spiritual disconnect.
But if they could not pass it on, would that change your answer?
But if they could not pass it on, would that change your answer?
It's all an imaginary scenario. Basically, do I have the integrity to contain myself (my burdens) if I could magically and anonymously dump them in someone else's lap.
Here's where it comes from:
I've often wondered how some people can seem so put together and...squared away. I feel like I'm constantly five minutes late, hair slightly wet, and homework not finished. But some folks arrive early, well dressed, and cheerful. They even have yearly family portraits done (with all seven kids in matching, clean clothes) and post them all on facebook. ;-)
Hmm...I don't think I'm explaining this well at all. :-(
You don't have to "pick them up". ;)
:)