Dorothy's Point Of Folly Summary

Analysis: This quote embraces, in a simple but beautiful way, everything that Dorothy was traying to teach us throughout her writings. The final goal of our lives, as Christians or not, is to love our neighbor no matter what. It’s not easy at all to be generous with all your goods, especially if you don’t have God in your life. And it’s so much harder to be generous and lovely with your enemies, so how is that possible? Well, is our commandment for salvation and we must give all our love without differences or discrimination. Sometimes it could sound crazy to love somebody that deals harm in your life, but that is the final goal: to love until the point of folly. Surprisingly, the best example is Jesus, our Lord, Himself. He loved until the point of folly, until the point of dying for a bunch
of sinners whom He considered his brothers and sisters with an immense love. Therefore, we should look up at the cross and visualize how we can follow that path full of love.
Obviously, we are all different, so we must figure out the best way for us to become saints. As well as we will try to help our neighbors, there will be times in which we will have bitter experiences. Rejections, bad attitudes, and disrespect are some forms of those experiences that we could encounter; however, we must be strong and don’t let bad occurrences overthrow our dedication. Furthermore, Dorothy points a quote in one part of the book that says that the crushed heart is the most tender and soft one, and again we can see this example in Jesus Christ. He was humiliated and offended so many times, maybe more times than anybody else; however, he is the only one who has done a sacrifice of that magnitude. This commandment is reiterated in one of the clearest passages of the Bible, in which God says that whatever we do or refuse to do to the very last of our brothers, we are doing to Him. It is not because these people remind us of Christ, but because they are Christ. Every time someone asks us for food or clothing or is sick and in need of a visit, he or she is Christ
Himself. The world would be so different if everybody helped their neighbors; wars, poverty and a lot of diseases could be eradicated from the world. This explains the first part of the quote, love is the only solution for the problems of humanity, nothing else is strong enough to heal the all the world’s wickedness. But love doesn’t exist by itself, love is God in the pure form of agape.
Application: Several times a week we encounter people in need that we could help, but we are so worried about our own affairs that we don’t see them. Maybe we are waiting for a good looking or handsome person to help, but that’s not the reality of the world. We see sick people that look terribly bad because of their disease, well, those are the ones who need a hug and someone to talk to. Homeless don’t look either, but again, they are the ones who need help. We must look with different eyes, with compassion and love, to see God in them. Furthermore, they are not in hidden in nooks, these persons in help are just in the corner of our street. We have so many ways available to help: we could join a group for social help, clubs in campus that help people in need regularly or just going by ourselves to find people that need food or clothes. There is never an excuse for not being generous. Concerning to our enemies, lets start sharing love with them little by little. For achieving everything perfectly, the presence of God is always necessary, He is the source of love that we need. Talk to him, tell him your deepest dreams and fears, He is always going to be there.