Coins Precious Coins

I'm on this lost pennies/coins kick recently but I think that it has alot to say about the condition of man and how we view each other. Like I said in an earlier posting, there are many people who are out there for whatever reason. They could have been a mass murderer or a pimp. White-collar criminal or a run of the mill hustler that got caught. The point is that they are all people. We are all just that people. The only difference between me and some guy who has spent 20+ years in SingSing is that He got caught and I didn't. Crazy revelation huh?
Well why is it then that when we talk about doing something for the down and out that we bristle with indignation when we mention those people who got caught? I mean we believe that we have it so all together that we can sit up in our high and lofty chair and look down our boney noses at that guy who got caught and say that he aint good enough to be afforded the same grace that kept us out of stir? Crazy man.
Recently we were trying to decide how we were all going to invite people to a certain production. It was really heady. The suggestions started flying all around the room. People were really buying into the whole thing. These are the kind of meetings that you all want to be a part of. How can we get this many and how can we attract those. It was really cool. Then came the 800lb gorilla into the room. How about inviting a butt load of convicts? They've served their time and it would be cool to invite them too.
You could almost feel the tension begin to rise in the room. The excitement turned from fantastic to spastic. Now I'm not saying that there was a full-scale mutiny but there wasn't a sense of the ahah that there should have been.
Here's the revelation.
When people, no matter what they have done are plucked out of the destiny that evil wants to lock them into, then we have just seen a miracle. Put another way. People weren't meant for failure, they were meant for victory. When we can pluck someone out of failure and put them on track for victory, we should be jumping up and down.
I hope you are getting this. I get the biggest rush when I see someone who is definitely going down, get their mojo together and start moving in the other direction. It tells me that there is hope for everyother son of a gun out there. I've seen ex-cons and prostitutes do some amazing things in my time. They have made a decision to stop taking what life is giving them and started fighting for what they are supposed to be having.
That is some serious mojo my brotha. That is what life is all about. It is about you taking life by the horns and going for the gusto. Cliche maybe but appropriate.