We are reminded every day about our challenges to make the world a better place because we care. When we AIR, CARE, SHARE, AND BEAR, we are listening to OTHERS, we are caring for OTHERS, we are sharing with OTHERS, and we are bearing the hurts, sorrows, and misfortunes of OTHERS. To empathize with the concerns of OTHERS takes an active participation in many significant ways. Many times we may have heard, "People don't care about how much you know, but they do want to know how much you care and how empathic you are."
As individuals climb the steps, the rungs, the next level of challenges in their ongoing quest to reach the maximum of their potential, OTHERS want to know that there is a support system that will be there until as individuals they will have secured their self-confidence. Going from a negative atmosphere, "I won't try," to a positive environment of saying, "I think I might," requires continual encouragement from OTHERS who will make the difference in making effective and efficient changes. What you do does makes a difference!
We are reminded in Sacred Scriptures of the rewards of thinking of OTHERS in a positive light. In Matthew 25:31-46, we hear and ponder the following:
"When the Son of Man comes in His Glory, escorted by all the angels of Heaven, He will sit upon His Royal Throne, and all the nations will be assembled before Him. Then He will separate them into two groups, as a shepherd separates sheep from goats. The sheep He will place on His right hand, the goats on His left. The King will say to those on His right:
'Come, You have my Father's blessing! Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed Me, naked and you clothed Me. I was ill and you comforted Me, in prison and you came to visit Me.'
"Then the just will ask Him: 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You or see You thirsty and give You drink? When did we visit You when You were ill or in prison?' The King will answer them: 'I ASSURE YOU, AS OFTEN AS YOU DID IT FOR ONE OF MY LEAST BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU DID IT FOR ME.'
"Then He will say to those on His left: 'Out of My sight, you condemned, into that everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels! I was hungry, and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink. I was away from home and you gave Me no welcome, naked and you gave Me no clothing. I was ill and in prison and you did not come to comfort Me.'
"Then they in turn will ask: 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or away from home or naked or ill or in prison and not attend You in Your needs?'
He will answer them: 'I assure you, as often as you neglected to do it to one of these least ones, YOU NEGLECTED TO DO IT TO ME.' These will go off to eternal punishment and the JUST TO ETERNAL LIFE."
As individuals climb the steps, the rungs, the next level of challenges in their ongoing quest to reach the maximum of their potential, OTHERS want to know that there is a support system that will be there until as individuals they will have secured their self-confidence. Going from a negative atmosphere, "I won't try," to a positive environment of saying, "I think I might," requires continual encouragement from OTHERS who will make the difference in making effective and efficient changes. What you do does makes a difference!
We are reminded in Sacred Scriptures of the rewards of thinking of OTHERS in a positive light. In Matthew 25:31-46, we hear and ponder the following:
"When the Son of Man comes in His Glory, escorted by all the angels of Heaven, He will sit upon His Royal Throne, and all the nations will be assembled before Him. Then He will separate them into two groups, as a shepherd separates sheep from goats. The sheep He will place on His right hand, the goats on His left. The King will say to those on His right:
'Come, You have my Father's blessing! Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed Me, naked and you clothed Me. I was ill and you comforted Me, in prison and you came to visit Me.'
"Then the just will ask Him: 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You or see You thirsty and give You drink? When did we visit You when You were ill or in prison?' The King will answer them: 'I ASSURE YOU, AS OFTEN AS YOU DID IT FOR ONE OF MY LEAST BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU DID IT FOR ME.'
"Then He will say to those on His left: 'Out of My sight, you condemned, into that everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels! I was hungry, and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink. I was away from home and you gave Me no welcome, naked and you gave Me no clothing. I was ill and in prison and you did not come to comfort Me.'
"Then they in turn will ask: 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or away from home or naked or ill or in prison and not attend You in Your needs?'
He will answer them: 'I assure you, as often as you neglected to do it to one of these least ones, YOU NEGLECTED TO DO IT TO ME.' These will go off to eternal punishment and the JUST TO ETERNAL LIFE."
What a powerful reminder to all of us that WHAT WE DO TO OTHERS HAS AN ETERNAL IMPACT ON OUR FUTURE LIVES. Let us reflect on how we can best live out the Golden Rule by being OTHER-MINDED....SELFLESS....RESPECTFUL...TOLERANT...LOVING...EMPATHETIC
...PATIENT...PARTICIPANTS IN THE JOURNEY UP THE LADDER OF ACHIEVEMENT WITH OTHERS AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO STRIVE TO "RUN THROUGH THE FINISH LINE" OF THEIR LIFE'S AMBITIONS.
"Always remember what you have learned. Your education is your life. Guard it well!" (Proverbs 4:13)
...PATIENT...PARTICIPANTS IN THE JOURNEY UP THE LADDER OF ACHIEVEMENT WITH OTHERS AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO STRIVE TO "RUN THROUGH THE FINISH LINE" OF THEIR LIFE'S AMBITIONS.
"Always remember what you have learned. Your education is your life. Guard it well!" (Proverbs 4:13)
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