The Golden Rule.

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"

This is one of my favorite sayings.
Think about this for ahwile.
Seriously, how many times a day do you do something/say something/think something etc to or about another person that you would not like done to you, thought about you or said about you??
I am guilty of this.
We all are.
When I think about this I can't help but think of how much better of a place the world would be if we all made a conscious effort to live by this rule.
Why not instead of saying or even thinking what we instinctively would say or think about something or someone in a negative way...turn it around and look for something positive about the person or situation.
The more you do this, the easier it will become.
It will eventually become natural; your way of life.
& How beautiful would that be?
I know it may be hard sometimes but I believe there is good in everyone & everything.
Somewhere, some how, some way there is good.
& I bet there would be alot more good if everyone looked for it.
You may be the kind of person who feels better about themselves by tearing other people down.
The act of destroying another's spirit, soul, and/or being will eventually also destroy your own spirit, soul, and/or being.
I've done it.
I'm sure at some point, we all have.
But I promise you if you do the exact opposite you will start seeing how much better you feel about yourself & your life.
Building other people up not only betters their lives but also your own.
& Who doesn't want that??

The Bible teaches us to "Love your neighbor as yourself".
The Bible also provides us with the definition of love:
"Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away." (1 Corinthians 13:4-10)

::Therefore we shall first learn to love ourselves, the way God intended. 
::Then love each other, the same way.

"As we do unto others, God will do unto us"

"Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back." (Luke 6:36-38)

All these things remind me of the heart of a child.
If we could all become more childlike..::loving, forgiving, compassionate, caring...
Think of how the world could be!!

Do yourself & the world a favor; Starting today, make a conscious effort to be kind. Remember everyone is fighting some kind of battle & could use an extra dose of love & kindness.

& remember to be grateful to those people who do these things for you.