HEART & SOUL

It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.’

Just look at Hollywood, and all the good looking bodies. How many of them have hearts? How many of them have souls?
No matter how you define these terms, far too many of them are little more than a pretty face or a good looking body. Yes, there are some who do have these qualities.

But far too many lean only on their looks for their fame, and have little to no other attributes to recommend them. This statement reminds us that there is more to life than good looks. Caring for others and for all of humanity is part of life.
Having a heart and having soul also requires a little action. In order to be able to say that you ‘have the heart and the soul’ to go with a good looking body, you have to care.
At least that is how I understand the heart and soul statement in the second half of the statement.

To me, the body represents the physical half of our being and the heart and soul represent the spiritual half. By caring for others, we are engaging the spiritual part of ourselves. While we may disagree on exactly what ‘spiritual’ means, I believe we could all agree that caring for each-other is both important and spiritual in nature.

By taking this part of our lives seriously, we could become a more complete person. Not all of us are exactly all that good looking. I’m kind of skinny. There isn’t much I could do about that.
And time is no friend of good looks. Yet our ability to care for others is always present.
The only question is how much effort we would put into developing that part of ourselves.

We could all care about others. We could try to help them, as our circumstances allow. We could all do something, however, small.
While an avalanche may contain some big rocks, the bulk of the avalanche is tiny rocks.
If it was just the big rocks, it wouldn’t be all that impressive. We could be part of an avalanche of caring, if we put forth the effort.

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