Sunday, July 15, 2018

Care, Openness, Respect, and Understanding

by:
Franklin Harry Maletsky
The greatest advise came from Jesus Christ: "Love one another as I have loved you." This is easier said than done. Most people do not even understand what the "love" is, that Christ was talking about.
These four words can help simplify Christ's advise and guide the individual towards loving someone and be one of the stewards of the universe.
Care: If you care for something, someone, an idea or anything, you pay serious attention or consideration to doing, working or relating with it correctly to avoid hurting the individual, damaging the object, or putting it at risk.
Openness: You avoid cheating or lying, you avoid secrecy or concealment. Your are being straight forward or frank.
Respect: GIVE RESPECT. DO NOT EXPECT RESPECT. "Respect is to be earned, only if lost once given." If everybody is expecting respect, how can there be respect for one another? On the other hand, if everybody gives respect, there will be no need to expect it. The only time that respect needs to be earned is when the respect that was kindly given was disrespectfully lost. Anything done without respect is done either for the money, for a reward, as an obligation, out of tolerance, was told to, was forced to, was coerced to, or for vanity.
Understanding: To have compassion, patience, and sensitivity, for the action or words of the other person. To listen and comprehend. To be prudent before reacting.

reprinted from zamboanga.com

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