Be at Peace - Live Brave
Photo Credit: https://goo.gl/images/hyvc1j As we sat watching the series, Eli Stone , a story of a young lawyer who discovers he is a prophet for his time, I was touched by the wisdom the writers of the show wove into the plot. I was also amazed at how pertinent the lessons of the episodes were to this moment in time. At one point, Eli's boss states, " In business, there is still room for humanity. Capitalism without mercy is tantamount to evil. " The boss then goes on to shake things up by turning the huge legal firm into a pro bono firm fighting for the underdogs. One could morph this quote into, "In politics, there is still room for humanity. Democracy without mercy is tantamount to evil." As a nation, as a society, and individually, we must reconnect with our humanity. We are all in this together. We are all connected, one to the other. The dictionary definition of mercy is, " compassion or forgiveness shown toward someo...