Watching the world on a 24/7 news cycle, reality shows and documentaries and the internet sprinkled into the mix, we have a unique view of the behavior of people around the world. You begin to search for the nice stories, the feel-good realities that restore your hope for mankind. Otherwise, it’s pretty horrifying to watch what people say to each other, do to each other.
Listening to people justify guns and violence, hate and hurt, I have to go back to the most basic lesson of all…the Golden Rule. It’s so simple and so basic that we tend to forget its power.
A couple of years ago, I found this little book…
It contains versions of the Golden Rule from all religions and cultures, going back thousands of years. It’s so simple that every group of people on the planet has it in their beliefs or literature. There are versions from Confucius, Native Americans, African tribes, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Torah, Babylonia, Plato, St. Thomas Aquinas, Muhammad, Martin Luther, Matthew, Luke and others. Pick your prophet or your spokesman – they all have the same message.
I gave a copy of this book to my eight grandchildren for Christmas one year. It’s small enough to carry with them through life.
The way things are going, I’m going to order some more copies and send to some of our leaders. Please…it’s so simple.
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