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Paul Graves<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>This is an occasional letter Paul has been writing \u2013 since 1997 \u2013 to his now young-adult grandchildren.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Katie, Claire and Andy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I turn 84 tomorrow, I want you to remember my passion for life remains strong and focused on (mostly) important matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I want to share a very short story based on a man who walked past our Street Corner Vigil a few weeks ago. His comment was real. My imagination does the rest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Street Corner Vigil folks held their signs about ICE and immigrants, waving to passers-by who honked in support. As Jerry and his wife, Alice, walked past the Vigil signs headed toward the Farmers\u2019 Market, he talked as he walked: \u201cI don\u2019t mind immigrants who come here legally. But I don\u2019t like illegal immigrants. ICE is doing a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They moved toward the market vendors further down Main St. The crowd of people at noon was active and large. The usual dogs-on-leashes were active too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Jerry and his wife considered the attractive early season produce stand, Jerry stepped back to let another customer get a better look at the produce. As he did, his leg caught up in a dog leash just behind him, and he fell to the street!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immediately, Carlos, the vendor, rushed over to help Jerry. Their eyes met as Carlos offered his hands. \u201cI\u2019m Carlos. Are you hurt?\u201d He was not hurt, only shaken. Others also came to his aid, and lifted Jerry to his feet. Jerry thanked everyone for their help, and all went on their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Jerry and Alice continued their shopping, he began to think about the accident in a little different way. His spirit had been shaken too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He recalled his comment to the protestors. Now he pictured the people at the market who didn\u2019t look like him. Weren\u2019t they \u201cthe others\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry began to wonder if they were all \u201cillegals.\u201d Not likely. But how would I know? And was Carlos, the Hispanic man who helped me up, illegal? &nbsp;Jerry had no clue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He only knew that Carlos was kind \u2013 and quick to respond, even to a gringo. He asked nothing of Jerry, except if he was hurt. Hmm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry only knew Carlos looked different than Jerry. And he was kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is there more to being an \u201cother\u201d than only looks? Does Carlos think I\u2019m an \u201cother\u201d because I look different than him, or he\u2019s kinder than I am? How would he know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry stroked his beard as he considered a very new thought: Is being different less of a deal than I\u2019ve been thinking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Jerry and Alice brought their fresh strawberries into the kitchen, Jerry wrestled with Carlos\u2019s instinctive effort to help him. \u201cHe didn\u2019t treat me as a stranger, an \u2018other.\u2019 Only as a person who needed help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that moment of self-honesty, Jerry realized he set more than strawberries and other produce on the kitchen counter. He plopped a new awareness of his old biases right alongside the berries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHey, Alice,\u201d Jerry called out loud. \u201cWhat did you think of Carlos, the vendor who helped me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, kids, this little vignette isn\u2019t a spell-binder. But it might remind us how a simple act of human compassion might draw us into a small attitude change toward people we usually dismiss as imagined threats to us. Spirit-work, kids!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I value Parker Palmer\u2019s wisdom-pearl in his wonderful book, Healing the Heart of Democracy: \u201c<em>The good news is that \u2018us and them\u2019 does not need to mean \u2018us versus them.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can choose to assume \u201cstranger-danger.\u201d Or we can choose to be nourished when we remember our own \u201cotherness\u201d is often a gift an \u201cother\u2019s\u201d needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love,<br>Grampa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>The Rev. Paul Graves<\/strong>&nbsp;is a retired elder member of the Pacific Northwest Conference of The United Methodist&nbsp;Church.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a man critical of illegal immigration trips and falls at a farmers\u2019 market, a Hispanic vendor named Carlos rushes to help him without hesitation. In Rev. 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