OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD PEOPLE

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAID 'WHEN YOU ARE GOOD TO OTHERS, YOU ARE BEST TO YOURSELF.' SO THE GOOD WE DO FOR OTHERS COME BACK TO US IN LIKE MEASURE; AND THE EVIL WE DO RETURNS TO US BY THE LAW OF OUR OWN MIND. IF A MAN CHEATS AND DECEIVES ANOTHER, HE IS ACTUALLY CHEATING AND DECEIVING HIMSELF. HIS SENSE OF GUILT AND MOOD OF LOSS INEVITABLY WILL ATTRACT LOSS TO HIM IN SOME WAY, AT SOME TIME. THE WAY WE THINK, FEEL AND ACT TOWARD OTHERS RETURNS AT LAST UPON OUR OWN SELF. "I CAN DO THINGS - THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGHENS US? AND HOW DOES CHRIST STRENGHEN US? DOES HE COME HERE WITH MEAT AND BONES AND HAIR AND BLOOD TO STAND AT OUR SIDE? YES, HE DOES. FOR HIS SPIRIT ENTERS INTO HUMAN BEINGS WHOSE LIVES HE CONTROLS POSITIVELY. SO WHEN WE LISTEN TO THE ADVICE OF SMARTER PEOPLE, CHRIST STRENGHENS US. WHEN WE ACCEPT HELP FROM PEOPLE WHO CAN DO A BETTER JOB THAN WE CAN, THEN CHRIST STRENGHENS US. NOW THESE PEOPLE THROUGH WHOM CHRIST STRENGTHENS US ARE GOOD PEOPLE, SMART PEOPLE, TOUGH PEOPLE IN WHOSE LIVES CHRIST IS LIVING TO BE OUR STRENGH! WITH THIS ATTITUDE WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING HERE IS THAT WE ARE PREVENTING PERSONAL EGO PROBLEMS FROM BLOCKING HEALTHY AND CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOOD PEOPLE WHO COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DISASTROUS FAILURE OR GLORIOUS SUCCESS. WALTER DOYLE STAPLES SAID THAT "TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IN BOTH YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFFESSIONAL LIFE, YOU NEED THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF OTHER PEOPLE - A KEY CORE BELIEF." HAVING SAID THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE DICTATORS WHO TRY TO ENSLAVE US AND MAKE US DO THEIR BIDDING. SO WE MUST BE FIRM, THOUGH KIND BUT REFUSE TO YIELD. WE MUST NOT PERMIT SUCH PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND GAIN THEIR POINT BY TEMPER TANTRUMS, CRYING JAGS, OR SO CALLED HEART ATTACKS. APPEASEMENT NEVER WINS. WE MUST REFUSE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR DELINQUENCY, SELFISHNESS, AND POSSESSIVENESS. WE MUST DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT. WE ARE HERE TO FULFILL OUR IDEAL AND REMAIN TRUE TO THE ETERNAL VERITIES AND SPIRITUAL VALUES OF LIFE WHICH ARE ETERNAL.