Help Wanted

One of the things that bothers me so much about our society is our unwillingness to help others and our greed. I am here to say, I am guilty as charged. I am not generous. I try to hold onto as much as possible. My time is precious. It is what our society says to do, right? Get as much as you can and he who dies with the most toys, wins (remember that No Fear tshirt?). 

I think it's time to change that about our society. Let's stop waiting for the government to help our fellow man. Let's find those opportunities to give. It doesn't even have to be money. It could be volunteering. It could be giving blood. It could be helping that rough looking guy push his car off to the side of the road. Yes these things may cause us to lose time and we may have fears about helping that guy who does not look like us but that is not justification to not help. 

The Good Samaritan is the perfect example of how to help. Those who thought they were the good people in society did not help a man who laid on the side of the road. The man had just been beaten and robbed.  They probably had great reasons why not to help. They were late to an important meeting. It could be a trap in order to rob them. Perhaps it was two days before payday and they did not have the money to spend. Maybe they knew a caring Roman solider was patrolling the area and would help the man. The Good Samaritan was the one that truly did care. He risked his safety. He was late to his destination. He spent his money. He did not wait for the local Imperial Emergency Management Agency representative to come help. He just did the right thing. The best part, the man he helped probably hated Samaritans. At best, he had very negative stereotypes of them.

Look for those opportunities to help, no matter the cost. You have been helped at some point in your life and it's time to pay it back. He who risks all of his toys to help someone else, that truly is no fear.