Power or Compassion

From the Neuzeit Tarot, the Wheel of Fortune; from Rory's Story Cubes, 'Ray gun:'

          We divide the world into good or bad, 'like me' or 'not like me.' From those judgments come beliefs about whether some person or group is deserving of our respect, compassion or even our attention. Yet just as the Wheel shows through the progression of a flower's growth and death, we all have to deal with life on life's terms. Everyone wants to be safe, well and happy. But we all must deal with sickness, aging, and death. Isn't that enough of a common bond to look with kindness on our fellow man? Our current government is under the impression that power rather than compassion will get us what we want. Perhaps the leadership believes the saying that "the person who dies with the most toys wins." In reality, the person just dies (and is likely best remembered as a greedy, egocentric ass). I'd like to use the Ray gun not to obliterate those entitled folks, but to zap them into someone else's shoes for 24 hours. Trent Gilliss once wrote, "Behind each of us is a deep story." May we take the time to benevolently consider the many chapters in another's life, especially those of which we're unaware.