CARE ABOUT OTHERS
Your
relationship with others will be as varied as the people you encounter and will
be determined by many factors, not the least of which will be your own
personality and psychological style.
But regardless of who and what you are, there are certain basic tenets
that I would urge you to follow.
Be
respectful of others, regardless of their position in our socioeconomic
conscious society. Be your real
self with both the room maid and the hotel manager.
Be tolerant
of ideas, beliefs, and behavior that differ from yours; no one has a monopoly
on the truth.
With grace
forgive the weaknesses of others and do not judge what you may perceive to be
their shortcomings.
Forgive
first offenses. Overlook minor
slights.
Enable and
nurture; be one who helps other achieve their own selfhood. Act in such a way that others will feel
better for knowing you.
Be honest
toward others. Do not present
yourself to be other than who you are.
And do not deceive or use others to achieve your own way or goals.
Be gracious
and humble about your own accomplishments and success and be mindful of those
blessings you have been given. You
did nothing to be born into a loving and supportive family and to have the
economic advantages so many others lack.
Do not be so quick to take credit for what you perceive are you own
accomplishments, more often than not there were many forces not of your own
doing, that helped shape them.
Do not take
credit for God’s grace.
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