To truly Respect the poor of your community, it is necessary to treat them as human beings — not as “poor people”.  Pity, sympathy, and worry only serve to entrench the challenges faced by our brothers & sisters who are “materially challenged”.  Keeping this in mind, go forth today into an impoverished community and look for ways to Do Good without exuding any pity or sadness for its residents.  Invite others nearby to help you during your mission.

Bonus Activity:  While helping the downtrodden, choose to See the “infliction” of poverty as a Blessing instead of a curse.  Choose to be Happy for the poor – not for their pain, of course, but for the fact that — for them at least – the slightest act of Goodwill means so much more; bringing them so much more Peace than the same activity performed by someone living in the comforts of “wealth.”

Filed under: Selfless Service Calendar by Scaughdt