I wondered if we can all survive if there's lack of love. You see I always take love as a strong virtue. Love brings tranquility, peace and harmony, love conquers all. Have you ever seen a society where there is no love, catastrophes and mayhem will be the order of the day, loving your other fellow human costs you nothing but it can bring you everything. That's why a person who hasn't experienced what love is from people around him can't know how to live life, children in this case can suffer a great misfortune and this can affect their personality in the nearest future.
Some people are full of hatred towards their fellow human being over a petty reason. Life is not all about living with grudge and hatred, free your mind, love all people. Hating others wouldn't bring you any significant achievement, it will only hurt you. I wondered how some people kill their fellow human being because of religion, is that love? Loving other people should not be with conditions, love unconditionally. Even Christ loves us while we were still a sinner.
The importance of loving others cannot be overemphasized. Love is needed for the continued survival of human race. Desist from holding grudges and malice, you can do better. Some have killed themselves because they felt ignored and detached from the society and from people close to them. Some people don't need your money, all they want is for someone to just love and listen to them, we have much of such people in the society.
Another great virtue that makes us "human" is being compassionate and empathic towards others. Life is full of sufferings, yet we are not on the same level. Are you compassionate to your fellow human beings, can you help freely without attaching conditions?
Some people are fond of conditioning others to do something before they are helped, some will demand for a cut in the salary of someone they want to help to get a job, while some especially if the applicant is a female will ask for sex before giving out job to them. Is that morally right? Sometimes we are entrusted to a position for the purpose of helping others but it's so sad that many people holding high position of power do not realize this.
Let us even come down to a lower level, are you kind even to your neighbor at the next door, what about the people in the street? It's always rewarding and good to help others around us. You might never be able to change the world positively with your actions but you can change a life positively.
Don't assume someone is not hungry because he didn't come to beg you at your house, if you know someone is hungry and maybe he is afraid to reach out to you, there's no harm in reaching out to him and help him.
This Life is short but some actions are always remembered for generations whether good or bad. I don't know Mother Teresa in her lifetime but all her good works are still alive, that's true living.
As from today, start practicing the act of kindness and generosity to others. What you do to others will come back to you or your children. Some children are enjoying the goodwill and generosity of their dead parents because their dead parents once helped others and those people they once helped decided to return the favor to the children of the dead.
Help others, be kind and generous, is that not what life is all about, is that not what we have come to do? Looking for an egalitarian society, that's a way to approach it, loving others without one thinking of himself higher than the other. When people decides to employ these great virtues, life will be sweeter and many will be helped, and purpose of life will be found and fulfilled.
"I am not sure exactly what Heaven will be like. But I do know that when we die and if comes the time for God to judge us, He will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' Rather He will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?" - Mother Teresa.
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion" - Dalai Lama
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Love is good but do not be foolish as to keep showing kindness to people who are parasite towards you.