Today, even if for but a moment, take time to deeply consider the social issues plagued by our communities, then ask yourselves this simple question; In which way am I contributing to the ongoing dilemma?
Presuming one is honest, we would have listed any number of questionable actions taken in our past…perhaps at this very moment, to which we were or can equally be identified both with the moral and immoral, the just and unjust, the rich and the poor, the young and the old, the healthy and the sick, the oppressor and the oppress, etc. And whether or not we acted upon our ill conceived exploits – to deliberately deceive another or others (for whatsoever reasons). The one undeniable truth that will forever remain a root cause to our escalating social ills is the one thing that we highly value above all else… our sense of independence.
This sense of independence shaped by historical event foresters a faults necessity to compete against each other and anything else, and in some instances, creates an obsession with having to frequently validate oneself or having to prove yourself worthy, often almost to the point of deserving something that was not earn. Although mutual competition can maintain personal development and many positive benefits have came about globally because of mutual competition. However, competition in and of itself is a two edged sword. When used in the right hand competition can bring many positive benefits toward better development of a place a product a person or a philosophy, but in the wrong hand the result thereof are publicly seen heard and felt by us on a daily bases.
I urge that you sit back and take a quick moment to mentally list some of the things you do that may or have added to the ongoing problems within our society, and make a personal commitment to change your negative thoughts and destructive actions; abandon arrogance self-pride and independent. After all, we humans are social creature whom must depend upon the efforts of the community in order to maintain health and sustain life.
A good start today would be choosing not to compete but rather share one with the other – by learning from each other and teaching those that come after us all that we have during our time been taught; that which we have heard seen and felt personally. You may be very pleasantly surprise at the many positive response you will receive, and at how powerfully influential the simple act of sharing can be upon our fragmented society.
IMAGINE: If each one do one random act of kindness each day (just because we woke and have life), amazing communities could be developed wherein the natural love held, even by a stranger, is equally heard by our ears, seen with our eyes and felt in our heart; a true display of the expression “love thy neighbor as you love thyself”.
Do enjoy a great day today my friends.
