“You’re right– we need to be a people that are humble, and see value in everyone not because of what they do or what they can give but because of who they are.”

Yeah, I was a little puzzled about one of your posters in a thread related to this (I forget the title but it was similar) who said — I’m paraphrasing — they looked for the Christian Spirit in the person before they moved to help them. I guess they meant they wanted to see if the good deed would be passed on so as not to waste it? Perhaps I misunderstood?

I know people like that, who make a judgment call about reaching out a hand, and I certainly do if it’s a safety issue, but I figure: if you are using false means to gain my help or don’t bother to wave when I let your car go first — it’s on you. I still want to have done the right thing.

But again, I am not 100% at it. I get caught up in my own thoughts and cruise through merging points and walk right past people who have dropped things and park closer to the door than I have any business doing when I still have two good legs. It’s continuing to try better next time that makes “good humans”, as we call it in our house.

It seems that conversation on this blog comes and goes. For a while, it wasn’t very active, so I dropped it from 5 to 3. I’ve put it back up to 5, I hope that works for you.

You’re right– we need to be a people that are humble, and see value in everyone not because of what they do or what they can give but because of who they are.

But since I have and you’ve read this far I will say that I do try to be aware of of the opportunity to help others from something as small as letting them ahead of me in a check-out line to big stuff like running errands and shopping with nursing home residents.

But it is so easy to be preoccupied by your own little movie that you miss those chances — I always feel such a heel if I could’ve let a car merge but missed it because I was too busy in my own mind. It takes practice, but noting those opportunities and doing soemthing about them is so worth it — for you and them.

This post reminds of a teaching I did a week ago. If God is not in a box within ourselves then we are free to share his goodness to others, but if are still trapped it’s pretty hard to show something you don’t have. It all begins with us.

Great post. God bless you!