If you want to feel good about yourself, try helping other people; it goes a long way. We are living in a world today where most people feel that every man or woman is for themselves.
It should not be that way; but most of the time this is the case. A friend of mine’s mother passed away last year, and he had a lot of his mother’s clothes. He wanted to throw them away. So I asked him ‘why don’t you give them to the Salvation Army or a woman’s shelter’? He told me he didn’t want to be bothered with that.
So I suggested to him that we should take the clothes to homeless women. When we did, he was so surprised at how many women wanted the clothes that a look of joy came across his face. You would have had to see it to believe it.
You can help people in a lot of ways today. With clothes, shoes, old hats, and gloves. What is trash to you is like treasure to someone else. I believe in the power of prayer and I pray that people helping people will better all of us.
My New Year’s resolution is to help others. When you can give your time, your advice, old clothes, shoes, or food to someone in need, you will get a feeling inside that no one can take away.
Remember: in the course of your busy day, try to help someone. The feeling that creates will last a lifetime.
