What we should do in addition to showing mercy...

In addition to showing mercy and compassion we should also notice how our actions impact the life around us. As I stated in the paragraph before we have become a nation of consumers and in the long run our consumerism will be the death of a nation. The more we consume the less aware we are of the world around us. We are focused on impressing each other without the consequences of our actions. “We buy into the lie that we are insignificant and there is no way we could have a lasting impact on the people we rub shoulders with”(madradioshow.net) When you think of it we are all somewhat like teachers and parents. We have the capability to nuture and care for something until it can sustain life on its own. For example, when you begin to plant something you get concerned with how much water and sun the plant get as time passes you the laws of nature take over. Such as when it rains in the winter and when the sun is shining in the summer; something similar to what farmers do to grow crops. “You know in the balance scale of good and evil there is much power and weight on the side of pain and torment and evil in the world”. The quote from the book suggests that throughout the world there is a scale of good and evil. On the evil side of the scale there is much power which out weights the good of the world although there is much good the love of power seems to be more beneficial when it is used for evil ways.