Resolve To Help Yourself Through Helping Others

Too frequently the trend in our society is for individuals to be detached from one another. Automobiles have taken us off the streets, where we used to greet each other and stop to chit chat. Cubicles have removed a bit of the humanity in working, as have factories and even computers to some extent. Television has planted us firmly in our living rooms, instead of out with other people. Even movie theaters, where many people get together, cut us off from true conversation because we’re staring at a big screen. You could also add to the list cell phones and social networks. It takes away from face o face conversation.
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Why We Are So Detached
Too frequently the trend in our society is for individuals to be detached from one another. Automobiles have taken us off the streets, where we used to greet each other and stop to chit chat. Cubicles have removed a bit of the humanity in working, as have factories and even computers to some extent.
Television has planted us firmly in our living rooms, instead of out with other people. Even movie theaters, where many people get together, cut us off from true conversation because we’re staring at a big screen. You could also add to the list cell phones and social networks. It takes away from face o face conversation.
And while I’m not railing against any of these inventions (except perhaps the cubicle), what we must stay away from is the tendency to be focused on ourselves too much. This only results in being detached from our fellow human beings. We have a tendency towards selfishness rather than giving to or helping our brothers and sisters in humanity. I’m not saying we’re all like that, but it can happen, if we’re not careful.
So strike back against the selfishness and greed of our modern world, and help out a fellow human being today. Not next month, but today. Helping a fellow human being, while it can be inconvenient, has a few humble advantages:
1. It makes you feel better about yourself.
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2. It connects you with another person, at least for a moment, if not for life.
3. It improves the life of another, at least a little.
4. It makes the world a better place, one little step at a time.
5. And if that kindness is passed on, it can multiply, and multiply.
So take just a few minutes today, and do a kindness for another person. It can be something small or the start of something big. Ask them to pay it forward. Put a smile on someone’s face. Don’t know where to start? Here’s an extremely incomplete list, just to get you thinking — I’m sure you can come up with thousands more if you think about it.
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Chapter 2:
Steps on How We Can Help Others
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Synopsis
There is a ton of different ways you can help other. Here is a list of twenty. You can always add more, do more, or think of other ideas. This is just a list to get you pointed in the right direction. Give some thought on some of these things, and start feeling better about you today!
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Twenty Ways You Can Help Others to Help Yourself
1. Smile and be friendly. Some of the time a simple brief things like this can put a smile and caring feeling in someone else’s heart, and make their day a bit better. They could then do the same for other people.
2. Call a charity to volunteer. You do not have to go to a soup kitchen today. Just search the number, make the call, and make an appointment to volunteer sometime in the next month. It can be any charity you like. Volunteering is among the most amazing things you're able to do.
3. Donate something you don't use. Or a whole box of some things. Drop them off at a charity - other people can put your clutter to great use.
4. Make a donation. There are dozens of ways to donate to charities online, or in your local community. Instead of buying yourself a new gadget or outfit, spend that money in a more positive way.
5. Redirect gifts. Instead of having people give you birthday or Christmas gifts ask them to donate gifts or money to a special charity.
6. Stop to help. The next time you see someone pulled over with a flat, or somehow in need of help, stop and ask how you're able to help. Sometimes all they need is a push, or the use of your cell phone.
7. Teach. Take the time to teach somebody a skill you know. This could be teaching your grandma to use email, teaching your baby to ride a bike, teaching your co-worker a useful computer skill, teaching
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your spouse how to clean the darn toilet. OK, that last one does not count.
8. Comfort somebody in grief. Often a hug, a helpful hand, a kind word, a listening ear, will go a long way when somebody has lost a loved one or suffered ...