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For the Love of Humanity

Personal thoughts of special needs...

I suppose this topic has come to my mind because of all the abortion talk lately. Many times abortion is recommended because it is known/believed that a person has conditions which we find undesirable. The terms for this general condition have changed over the years, and, for the most part, society uses PC terms now but the main gist is that the child won’t be “normal.” What does that really mean, and why do we find that to be so terrible that we would, in some cases, choose to end that life rather than deal with the heartbreak, hardship, or mere inconvenience of helping another person to live? Because that’s often what it means: not that we believe a child hasn’t the capacity for life but that we caregivers haven’t the capacity for giving the necessary care. 

Back to the question of so-called normalcy. We so often pity anyone who is unable to live a “normal” life, anyone who can’t for any reason enjoy THE highest standard of living in whatever current culture we happen to live in. AW, I see that you can’t afford a brand-new car to park in front of your Pinterest-perfect mansion with big roomy closets full of designer clothes! HOW SAD! Well, friends, “special needs” people have it even worse! They might never, ever get married, have children, earn a degree (amass huge amounts of student loans!), have a career, or even drive a car. And, by golly, what else is there to life?! 

Anyone who has truly known and loved any human being knows. There is beauty to life. There’s sunrises and sunsets. There is warmth and comfort. There’s laughter and smiles. There’s deliciousness in growing and learning. There’s kinship amongst us all. And all this outweighs even the hardest dark nights when we choose to drink it in. 


Love requires us to inconvenience ourselves. To set aside those things which we think lovely. But the magical thing is that God is Love, and His ways are higher than our ways and He has a wonderful surprise for us! Those who die to self find REAL life. The capacity for love and humanity within yourself is infinitely deep because we have the storehouses of Heaven from which to draw. Don’t be afraid to love anyone, ever. 

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