Last week I wrote about Haiti and our need to be shocked to get involved.  I began thinking about what it takes for Americans to get involved in general; to make a difference.  My son came home from school talking about a video clip he watched at school on ABC’s “What would you do?”  We like to think of ourselves as people who would help when needed.  But as this show so poignantly points out, in the moment, we don’t always act in the way we would ultimately like or in ways that really reflect our values. Unfortunately, we judge subconsciously more than we realize. Take a moment to watch the following video:

By reflecting us as we are rather than how we would like to be or to see ourselves, this video gives us a great opportunity…an opportunity to pause and think about our connectedness to one another and to be able to easily make more compassionate choices in our everyday encounters.  By doing that, it becomes automatic to lend a hand.  No need for the shock value.  When courtesy, compassion, awareness and caring of others well-being is not considered ‘a savior’ as mentioned in this story, but as everyday common sense and decency, all of our lives are enriched.

What if this were the fabric of our society?