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Today's
Meditation:
It's such a
good feeling, that one that you get when you've helped
someone else out just for the sake of helping them.
It makes me feel like I've made a little contribution to
life, like I've contributed to the well-being and positive
energy of the world rather than just taking from it.
I like Albert's use of the world "privilege,"
for it pretty accurately describes the fact that we're
here on this planet in a position where we can help other
people who can use our help, and receive a very positive
feeling as a result.
Many
people feel that others need to "deserve" our
help, or that the people who need help have somehow done
something wrong to deserve their current situation.
We like to judge others and have them come up short in our
judgment, for then we can decline to help in any way
because we've somehow judged them unworthy of our
help. But how many people are just one helping hand
away from turning things around completely, from improving
their lot dramatically? Unfortunately, if that
helping hand never comes then no one will ever see that
improvement happen.
Let's
help others, for goodness' sake! It's usually pretty
easy to do and doesn't cost us tons of time or effort, and
the results can be amazing. We do have to be careful
of people who are taking advantage of our willingness to
help and we can't over-commit ourselves, but we can make
significant small differences in the lives of many people
if we just try.
Helping
others is a contribution to life, giving something to the
world we live in without condition or expectation of
return. It's up to each of us to decide if we're
going to be people who help others or not, and I sincerely
hope that you decide to be one-- for the sake of others and
for your own sake and benefit as well.
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