For awhile, I liked it because it simply showed people being good to each other, when they had no need too. I live in the political, cynical world of high school, where I feel the need to leave my lunch hour early because all that the other aides I eat with do is b***h about the teachers. I don't want to be that, so I avoid it.
But, today I read an amazing reading on this commercial from a fellow Hellenic (indeed, I learned to formulate my prayers from his journal) Brad Hicks
In it, he writes:
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But the reason that touches me the most deeply is this one: whenever you do something cruel, the people around you see that the world contains cruelty, that cruelty is within the realm of normal behavior. Whenever you do something selfish or negligent, people learn to expect selfishness and negligence. But when you do the right thing, you create a world in which other people learn that they can expect other people to do the right thing. Or, at least, they can sometimes hope others will do the right thing without being total saps.
This seems to be much the same as some peoples idea of what magic is; that we send out our will/energy to change the world where we live (if I am characterizing it correctly). But if we can apply this to magic, why don't more people apply it to living?
I'm about to go camping for the rest of the week (I'll be back on the 15th) but I thought this was interesting enough to share and get other viewpoints on.
Any takers?