"Fit-Ful" Friday blog for 3/27/09

C.O.M.P.A.S.S.I.O.N.

I see this word becoming a rare occurence and it saddens me. Recently in the news, a story exemplifying "lack of compassion" became a headliner.

I'm sure we can all think of a situation where we experienced lack of compassion...Hopefully, you can think of a time in your life where someone was compassionate with you...And you, for someone else.

If everyone could take the time to understand being compassionate, we would live in a happier place.



The audio footage of this current news story made me sick to my stomach and the video clip is difficult to watch. You can YouTube it, however, please be warned.

Provided by The New York Times:
Dallas Police Officer Makes Death Even Worse
By Lynn Zinser
As if having your mother-in-law dying of breast cancer was not painful enough, Houston running back Ryan Moats had it made worse by a Dallas police officer who stopped him for running a red light near the hospital, would not listen to his pleas about the circumstances, drew his gun, threatened to arrest him and kept Moats in the parking lot while his mother-in-law died.
The officer, Robert Powell, was put on administrative leave on Thursday and Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle apologized to Moats and his family. “His behavior, in my opinion, did not exhibit the common sense, the discretion, the compassion that we expect our officers to exhibit,” Kunkle told The Associated Press.
Moats’s wife, Tamishia, ignored Powell and ran into the hospital anyway. She arrived at her mother’s bedside just as 45-year-old Jonetta Collinsworth died.
The incident was captured on a 16-minute video (Part 1 and Part 2), courtesy of Powell’s in-dash video recorder.



"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle".




Fit-Ful" is a term created by Lesa which means, the union of fitness and beauty from within (FITness and beautiFUL). Working on fitness to incorporate improved health and self-esteem along with working on internal beauty by developing connections to self image, spirituality of life and society's connection. Beauty from within is much more important than external beauty. How we treat ourselves and others speaks deeper than what clothes we wear.

This is truly beautiful.

Peace and health!
Lesa

http://www.lmgdanceandfitness.com/