I often say, “We can not expect to get that which we are not willing to freely give”. Many believe that this means that by you giving money to someone, money will come back to you. Yes, it can be applied there as well. But in all honesty, if you think about it, it applies to almost every possible aspect of our lives. How can you expect first-quality craftsmanship when you give second, third, or less quality of your own craftsmanship?
How can you expect people to treat you with kindness and respect when every other word you speak is foul profanities, untruths, and uncaring of those around you?
You are sitting at an intersection trying to merge into traffic, the entire time cursing under your breath because no one will let you in. Then I slow down and leave an opening for you to merge. Still, there are several more in the same position you were in. How many did you let merge in front of you? Not one, in fact, you were worse than anyone getting as close as you could to the person in front of you to prevent it. It took quite a while for me to find an opening also. Unlike you, instead of being like you and the others that would not let anyone merge, I chose to slow down and let as many as I could merge in front of me like the good person did for me.
I almost always stop to offer help to a vehicle broken down on the roadside. In parking lots, in places of business. It is my hope that should I myself or one of my daughters be stranded someone will do the same for them.
I have walked from a business with an umbrella in the pouring rain and observed two unrelated ladies standing in a covered area as if waiting for the rain to lighten up. I took my items to my vehicle and went back and walked each of those ladies to their vehicle also, making a special effort to keep them dry.
I have let my dinner at home get cold so that I could help two ladies stranded with a broken fan belt.
I have helped people load heavy items at the big box stores when the people that get paid to do it made themselves scarce.
People often talk about what the world is coming to, but no one talks about what THEY are doing to change it.
They do offer every excuse in the world though. Like, “why would I go out of my way to help a woman, they wanted to be equal didn’t they?”
If that is what you believe equality means, I truly feel bad for all the females in your family. You have the most ignorant excuse ever to be lazy and selfish.
Or “No way am I going to stop and help anyone, it’s too dangerous.”
So what your saying is, if you should break down somewhere you would advise everyone to pass you by, because you are dangerous and their lives would be in danger. If we assume everyone we see of every race is evil, dangerous, and only wants to do us harm, we are feeding the hate that divides us now. You can get injured in your own home without help from anyone. There is a risk every time you walk outside your home. In all my life, all people of every gender, age, and race know that I have helped, not once has anyone EVER done anything but be kind, and extremely thankful. Everyone wants to see change, they want to get along with their neighbors and countrymen/women. It starts with YOU! If you want to see change, be change. Do not wait for someone to follow, LEAD!
If you really want it? Give it!
Simply my Thoughts
Dean Butler
