It's Not About the 'ME' and 'I' Any More!

I have mentioned it before but my top peeves are arrogance and selfishness. This week my mind has been pre-occupied with the tragic events of Sunday morning when Jared Dwyer and Richard da Silva were murdered while cycling on the M4. It was murder, because when you get into a car intoxicated, way over the legal limit and then start racing another vehicle, it is murder! I am angered to such a degree that individuals can actually be so selfish and so self-absorbed that they can behave in such a manner. Their "fun" has lead to the loss of lives with tremendous impact on family, friends and the whole community they interacted with. What about the passengers in the car? They too are responsible for allowing the driver to actually get behind the wheel. These days, there are so many alternative means of getting around if you see things getting out of hand. At 33 years of age, you really should be mature enough to make responsible decisions. My heart aches for the families and the unnecessary loss they have had to experience. I pray this is the last and that Richard's and Jared's lives create the start of a shift in people's minds, that we have to live together in this land.

It's not about the 'me' and 'I' any more, it's about the 'we' and 'us'.

"Love your neighbour as you love yourself."
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves."

Imagine a land where people actually help one another rather than always trying to see what they can gain. I was pleasantly surprised the other day when I was clearly battling to parallel park (insert red face here) as a pedestrian stopped and help guide me in. He took time out of what he was doing (with friends) and helped me get into that very tiny parking spot... What a simple thing to do which probably cost him less than a minute but made a huge impact on me.

What have you I done recently to selflessly help someone else?

In our daily routines, let's actively seek out opportunities to help someone else, strangers even. Don't wait for the right time or place to do something good for somebody else, do it now. We are all busy and waiting for the 'right' time or when it is 'more convenient' is actually selfish. It has to cost you something, even it it's just 60 seconds of your time, that's what selfless means. You have to think less of your self and value others more.  Do this often enough and it will become habit. Just imagine this attitude going viral and everyone behaving in this manner? A country of selfless people! I can only think how great things would follow when we all adopt this mindset and I truly believe it is really not that difficult to do, it just relies on me and you taking the first step of selflessness. I'm in!