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10 Ways to Leave the World a Little Better
Regardless of your religious beliefs, and even in the absence of any spiritual connection or association, each one us has the responsibility of leaving this world in a little better condition than how we found it. This is because we are all a part of the human condition.
Looking out for one another helps to ease the pain, suffering, oppression and disappointment we experience. To continue to live, exist, and survive in this world, and in the next world, humans need one another. It is ironic, and perhaps contradictory, that our true purpose in life is to help one another recover from the sins we commit or the sins committed against us.
There are many places we can look to find the code, the answers, we need when its time to pass from this life to the other. However, as complex as life gets at times, the best answers can also be the least complicated.
The following reminders provide a blueprint for this simplification and help me to paint some context for how I want to live to prepare myself to leave the world a little better:
Share. Yes, share the cookies and the toys, but also share your experiences, your fears, your accomplishments your love and your heart. Others will benefit from what you have learned.
Play Fair. Remain honest and tell the truth. Seek opportunities for mutual gain with the people in your life. Lift others up and be mindful of their needs as well as your own.
Don’t Hit. Violence and aggression are only temporary measures to get someone’s attention and obedience. True and lasting respect is earned by listening and responding appropriately. None of us have the right to force our will upon someone else’s.
Care More. Respect what belongs to others. Care for the things you have in your life and watch them continue to grow and flourish.
Make Your Own Bed. Take 100 percent responsibility for your actions. We are responsible for the decisions we make and we are accountable to our family and friends for our words and deeds.
Show Respect. Honor the boundaries set by others. Don’t claim ideas or thoughts that are not your own. Allow love to happen naturally. If it goes away, don’t grasp it so tightly you damage, or kill its spirit or potential to love again.
Say You’re Sorry. Be humble and show regret when appropriate. Ask for forgiveness and allow your soul to be cleansed by the healing it offers.
Allow Self-Care. Take good care of yourself. Fill yourself up with what gives you the most energy and the most passion. Self-care is just as important as caring for everyone else in your life — you are just as worthy to receive the warmth it provides.
Live a Balanced Life. Work hard and play hard, too. Follow your heart’s desire while you provide the basic necessities.
Stick Together. Life is meant to be shared. You have the responsibility to watch over others and to help keep them warm and safe. The human bond, the human connection, requires this from us.
Like everyone else, I not sure how much time I have left. Rather than living with fear or regret, I choose to embrace each day and live each day to its fullest the best that I can. Along the way, however, I’m preparing and getting ready for my eventual reality.
Life does continue for all of us; we just have to remember to take care of each other along the way.
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add your comment »Perfectly stated Sabrina.It all boils down to the Golden Rule as the perfect philosophy to observe in dealing with everyone and presto our world will be a lot better than it is at present.Hope you will be able to live and experience the life we all have been dreaming for in life. Good Luck and God Bless!
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Beautiful article. This is something I hope to teach my future Children and the people around me. I will try to encompass this in my life everyday--hopefully spreading it to the people around me. Chain reactions, right?
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good ideas!
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If you like that, try Robert Fulghum's famous book entitled "All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten."
For a quick read of the basis of the book: http://www.kalimunro.com/learned_in_kindergarten.html
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Great list. Make's one think and take action,
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Very inspiring words for everyone's guidance and compliance especially those who are working hard to grow old gracefully!
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A lovely article and quite helpful to anyone in expanding their awareness and consciousness as they truly care for themselves, others, other animals and the planet as a whole. Giving consideration to all diverse life we can be sure to improve the home we call earth.
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I agree that taking care of the Earth should be on the list!
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what a croc of crap!!! we exploit this world to get what we want, NOT what we need, that in most cases negates anything we 'leave behind'
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Loved this piece - should be the 10 commandments for the 21 st century
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