I rarely watch professional football but the Bengals/Bills game followed the Rose Bowl game on the streaming channel I was watching. After I took a break and returned to my computer the professional game was on. The camera was on the Bills bench. I noticed a helmet, with something written on the back, sitting on a post next t…
I rarely watch professional football but the Bengals/Bills game followed the Rose Bowl game on the streaming channel I was watching. After I took a break and returned to my computer the professional game was on. The camera was on the Bills bench. I noticed a helmet, with something written on the back, sitting on a post next to a player. I was curious and zoomed in to read it: CHOOSE LOVE
A few plays later Damar Hamlin made a routine tackle, stood up and immediately collapsed like a rag doll. Players, and then viewers sensed that this was not a normal injury. When we found out that CPR and heart defibrillator were administered the entire energy and emotion shifted and focused, and heightened. What I noticed was that in the midst of what could be characterized as a traumatic event something wonderful began to surface--what Lincoln called "The better angels of human nature"--caring, compassion, support, unity and even loving
People were actually demonstrating the appeal, request, value, invocation written on the back of the helmets...
CHOOSE LOVE.
I rarely watch professional football but the Bengals/Bills game followed the Rose Bowl game on the streaming channel I was watching. After I took a break and returned to my computer the professional game was on. The camera was on the Bills bench. I noticed a helmet, with something written on the back, sitting on a post next to a player. I was curious and zoomed in to read it: CHOOSE LOVE
A few plays later Damar Hamlin made a routine tackle, stood up and immediately collapsed like a rag doll. Players, and then viewers sensed that this was not a normal injury. When we found out that CPR and heart defibrillator were administered the entire energy and emotion shifted and focused, and heightened. What I noticed was that in the midst of what could be characterized as a traumatic event something wonderful began to surface--what Lincoln called "The better angels of human nature"--caring, compassion, support, unity and even loving
People were actually demonstrating the appeal, request, value, invocation written on the back of the helmets...