Pass It On!

Every day our lives are filled with schedules, lists, and a watch that mocks us of the time we’d like to spend in each day.  We become strangers to the people who live closest to us, our neighbors, and those who love us - our family.  We rush past elderly residents and make them stumble so we can get ahead just one more second in the race we have against time.  We forget to remind others, like a cashier at the grocery store, or the guy who pumps our gas, how much we appreicate them showing up to do their job that day.

When we slow down, pause in our day, we can notice the little things that happen to make our community run smoother.  Then, as members of those communities we can step into our places one small step at a time and help to start building a better community for all those involved.

Have you said hello lately to your neighbor?  How are they doing?  Or perhaps you don’t even know their names.  What a shame!  There are many people in our communities who need help, but if we never become involved in our communities, get to know the people surrounding us, then we have lost a part of our selves. 

Everybody needs somebody, we can’t go through this world alone and expect to fulfill our ultimate purpose in life striding by and passing up the opportunites to step out of our boxes of life and encounter someone else.  Someday, sometime, you’ll need someone to help you, and God will send a hand to lift you when you have fallen. 

Don’t you think it’s time to allow God to use your hands and sometimes your feet to give back something so simple as a smile or something only you can give, like love to another person?

If your ready, then let’s get started.  It’s time to pass it on.

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