The Stories of Others

We, all of us, have a story. We should always be aware of that. It changes how we relate to people.

No Man is an Island

There’s the mythology of rugged individualism that’s part of the American belief system. Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett are great symbols of this. The frontiersman out there on surviving on his own. Them and those like them, the mountain men, had lots of people on ranches, farms, villages and forts to support them, where they went to buy supplies, converse with friends, experience love.

We all need others. We wouldn’t exist without others. Going back to the Big Bang, scientists tell us if just a few molecules, a different temperature, just one itsy bitsy teeny thing were different, this universe would not exist; there would be something entirely different or nothing at all.

How many people contributed to making the things we have? How many to build the roads, businesses, buildings, cars and all the rest of it? We are all connected, and we all support each other. We rely on each other. We cannot live without each other.

I see God in every person, I see God manifested in all our relationships. I see God, God is Love, expressed in the connections we have to each other, with Love. What were the odds that at the beginning of the universe of things being just so to create this universe? What were the odds that all the people throughout history met in just the right sequence to bring our father and mother together to create us? What are the odds that the people in our lives are there when we need them? What are the odds that you were there, at the moment when a friend or loved one needed you, and you were able to support them?

Ultimately we all support one another. We build our lives with the support of others. We take responsibility to give support when needed.  

I need you, you need me, we’re all a part of God’s Body. Stand with me, agree with me. You are important to me. I need you to survive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ-JoDSqPQs

Relationships

My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping
through the channels.
She asked, 'What's on TV?'
I said, 'Dust.'

And then the fight started...



I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some
reason, took my order first.
"I'll have the strip steak, medium rare,
please."
He said, "Aren't you worried about the mad
cow?""
Nah, she can order for herself."

And then the fight started...



A woman is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.
She is not happy with what she sees and says to her
husband,' I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly.
I really need you to pay me a compliment.'
The husband replies, 'Your eyesight's damn near
perfect.'

And then the fight started.....



I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Miller Light
for $14.95.
Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95.
I told her the beer would make her look better at night
than the cold cream.

And then the fight started....



My wife asked me if a certain dress made her butt look big.
I told her not as much as the dress she wore yesterday

And then the fight started.....




A man and a woman were asleep like two innocent babies.
Suddenly, at 3 o'clock in the morning, a loud noise
came from outside.
The woman, bewildered, jumped up from the bed and yelled
at the man
'Holy crap. That must be my husband!'
So the man jumped out of the bed; scared and naked jumped
out the window. He smashed himself on the ground, ran through a
thorn bush and to his car as fast as he could go.
A few minutes later he returned and went up to the bedroom
and screamed at the woman, 'I AM your husband!'
The woman yelled back, 'Yeah, then why were you
running?'

And then the fight started.....




My wife and I are watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, "Do you want to
have sex?"
"No," she answered.
I then said, "Is that your final answer?"
She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying
"Yes."
So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."

And that's when the fight started....