The faceless hero

This is for the faceless hero
The hidden life of the everyday soldier
The man who battles through an icy cold cubicle existence
Of a life in continual resistance

To the everyday person walking on streets of displacement
Carrying the weight of misplaced hate,
Misplaced fear,
Subjected to misplaced violence
and stripped of misplaced years

I marvel at those that turn down the ale of spite
but dine on fruits of kindness, Love and joy
Flying the flag of hope in a world devoid

I take delight in the rare breed that choose to see beauty in simplicity
and immune themselves from the Hate disease by
lifting their eyes to a higher plain and
to there they take flight

The warriors of Love that reject plots of revenge
and turn their cheek so the hate can end

I salute the lowly that sacrifice self gain
and step out consciously to teach others to Love again

Through all the struggle the everyday soldiar
Struggles on
Everyday

Good friends of mine...Living Out Loud

Truth

Living for others

Watched a doco the other day about a woman from Ghana who migrated to Germany. She's a trained computer technician but can only get a job in Germany as a toilet attendant..so basically monitors people going in and out of the toilets and cleans it periodically during the day.

This woman saves every penny she has to support an orphanage for urban, poverty stricken kids in Ghana. She goes into slum areas that she grew up in and selects kids she believes have the potential to excel in school and takes them to live in the orphanage which she supports. She pays for their board,schooling, food and books in the hope they will overcome their poverty and gives them the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

One girl she selected was doing so well in her studies she skipped a grade and is diligently studying in the hope of becoming a doctor. They took her back to the slum area to tell her parents the good news and they were just crying and crying and thanking the woman for doing what they could not. They said they couldn't give her much to show their thanks but asked if they could pray for her and ask God to bless her.

I was so amazed and inspired by this womans selflessness, if a toilet attendant can launch people into purpose imagine what a community of able people who have so much more to offer can do....hhhmmm the possiblities are endless.