Following a late night introduction to Kell on Earth, and a brief affair with Bravo‘s DVRed episodes, I read Kelly’s first book “If you have to cry go outside” and loved it! Not going to lie… thought it was the next best thing to the Sermon on the Mount… but alas despite our differences in spiritual depth… I continue to follow her on twitter and admire her stand for “the Mother” and have adopted many of her ideals with her spiritual practices to move forward in my relationship with God.
It wouldn’t take a genius to figure out that I likely made the Kindle investment in “Normal Get’s you nowhere” a little late; but alas, I did.
Then… I read it in about a day!
Once again, I was enthralled… almost from the word go… I learned new things either because a) I had failed to pay attention enough to notice previously, or b) I simply wasn’t presented with the information! Ultimately, one could assert repeatedly that it was option “b;” but… being a single working mother with “three jobs” and two children, I may have to be accountable to option “a.”
Skipping forward to what struck me the most… Kelly’s stated in her book that “Most people don’t see compassion as a chic thing to aspire to.”
I read this on my lunch break one day at Panera Bread while teaching at Millard West High School… and as we approached the end of class I was able to grasp a teachable moment and prompt thirty of our greatest youth and ask them how they felt about that statement. The ensuing discussion resulted in consensus that it is a harshly true and extremely sad assertion.
A statement that brought me to my knees, before my God — reflecting on my past years experiences… and hoping that I could be a better person, a more complete person… and a more compassionate person and lead others to see that compassion, and empathy are a chic thing to which one should aspire.
It reminded me of my Christmas card of 2010 (which BTW would be a great message to read)… and comment on, I would love to hear your thoughts…
My God is breaking me…
Molding me…
Shaping me…
and has a plan for me to advocate for the little people, (I think)…
but alas…
He has a plan for me to ask questions before drawing conclusions, and to withhold judgement at all costs.
He has a plan for me to teach others the Compassion is CHIC… starting many days ago… and I am learning! Day by day as I attack my environmental toxins with my Choffy and Isagenix… I am attempting to clean my brain and cleanse neurally as well. Stay tuned on more for that update! 
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by Christina
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