My Personal Mission Statement

When I was in highschool, I realized that sometimes I cared TOO much. I noticed that I was always wanting to help other people out and be there for them. I wanted to show them the love of God and let them know they were not alone in this world. Compassion was my middle name. This ended up in me getting used a lot and hurt alot. I had a lot of questions to God. Why am I so nice? Why do I allow myself to get hurt? Why don't I see that sometimes trying to help someone won't always turn out right?? As life progressed, I began to realize that God gave me a compassionate heart for a reason. He gave me the heart to want to help others and that having that kind of heart is not wrong. I began to understand that not every person that I reach out to will be thankful. They won't always be appreciative and they might even bring pain to me through rejection. But I learned that love is worth it. We all need to love each other more, no matter how big the baggage, and how undesirable the person. I'm learning to love the unloveable and care for the people who do not even care for themselves. This is not always an easy task but it's worth the time. Jesus cared for us, didn't He? We are the unloveable. We are the undesirable. We are the ones with the baggage. We are the ones who seem to not even care about ourselves because of how we treat our bodies. We are those people. He showed us compassion whenever we least deserved it. He reached out to us no matter how many times we rejected Him. He never stopped loving us and He never gave up on us. If He can do that for me, shouldn't I follow His way and try to be that person for others? I am the one that is compassionate. That is God's gift to me. I will remember that I am not perfect like Jesus and that I will not always have the answers. I will not always feel like showing compassion to another person. But, I will remember though that love is what the person needs more than anything and that Jesus loved me at my weakest moment. I will remember that love can bring us hope and a purpose again. So,with remembering this, I shall love, no matter the cost.