Posted by ST on February 10, 2002, at 18:08:53
In reply to More about the failure to love your neighbor, posted by lou pilder on February 10, 2002, at 17:16:44
> > I have not supported that center. I have failed to love my neighbor....there are people that have no winter clothes and I have not given any coats or gloves to them. I have failed to love my neighbor...people in prison and I have not visited them. > >
Lou,
You're very right. There is not enough love and compassion in the world. People go around with blinders on and do not realize that perhaps people right under their noses are in need of their support and love.
But I do think I love my neighbor and am successful at it because I make a difference where I can, when I can and am always aware of doing so. We can't be everywhere at once. We all cannot visit everyone in all the hospital wards and prisons, give coats to all of the elderly and cold, feed all the homeless in the world, comfort all the sick and sad people in the world. But we can each start with someone who needs love in their time of need. We can be aware that our next door neighbor just lost her husband and might appreciate some comapnay and a home cooked meal. We can stay with a friend all night if they need us when they are alone and feel that there is nothing to live for. We can continue to give money to the one charity we have chosen to support because we cannot support every charity in the world. We can be compassionate, loving, kind, tolerant, generous people to every person in our lives every day and that makes a huge difference. That is loving thy neighbor to the best of one's ability. You may forever be tortured by the fact that you cannot help the billions and billions of people in the world that need help. It may be become almost obsessive. But if you make a difference to three people a day...maybe even one, you are doing - I believe - what you can to make a difference.
Sarah
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