Remembering to care for others, even when you don t agree
Walt Shelton
Special to the American-Statesman
As a child, when I was frustrated about something or in a bad mood, I would often reply to my parents questions: I don t care.
Invariably, my mother would respond: Honey, let s not say that. You should care about everything and everyone. As an adult, when I slip toward my not caring mode, I hear my mom s words as if she were in the room with me. Indeed, she is with me, at a minimum through the lasting imprint of her life-model and words of wisdom.