Unobtrusive

If we are unobtrusive then we are not drawing attention to ourselves. This can actually make us happier! Do not believe this, well here is what Jesus said about that:

"When you do something for someone else, don't call attention to yourself. You've seen them in action, I'm sure—'playactors' I call them— treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that's all they get. When you help someone out, don't think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out."

Matthew 6:2

If we are truly to have compassion for others then we need to be unobtrusive about it. We do not do this for some big show or to recieve applause from those around us. We do it because it is how we see the world. We do it because this is how God sees the world and acts in it. When we hold to this belief and knowing about the world - that it is a place where we see ourselves and God in all people and circumstances we encounter - then we wake up each day with a hope that we will see God and we will know God is there. We will want to help others without their knowledge because we know how we feel when someone does this for us. We become compassionate and understand that most all people are trying to do their best. They, like us, sometimes hurt others without the awareness that they are doing so. We become to respect others views and rights and this leads to more resolution of conflict. If there is less conflict for us, wouldn't that make us happier?

Jesus came to help us develop into a gentle, caring people. Jesus lived his life in a way that was unobtrusive, yet he impacted the world! If we live the way of Jesus, practice that way, we are developed into loving, kind people - it becomes our nature! It become the true nature that we were created with. We wake up each day in a state of kindness - what a weapon - and allows us to live our life in a state of happiness and joy. We see the good in all. We hope for it. We nurture it. We support it. We become more holy and begin to think like God does and we work behind the scences helping and giving our life away. This leads to joy, peace and a "life eternal and abundant."

Namaste'