Life can be hard
For those who fight
To conquer.
Much improved for those
Who endeavor to be
Empathetic.
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Have you noticed over the years “customer service” has all but disappeared. I can remember when grocery stories had three employees manning the check-out stands. The first unloaded your grocery cart, the second checked you out, and the third sacked your groceries, then put them in your car for you. Now the grocery store wants you to do it all. I wonder when they will ask us to stock their shelves for them. At the gas stations you were met by an attendant who cleaned your windows, checked your oil and tires, then pumped your gas. You didn’t have to get out of your car. Now you are expected to do it all. But most irritating of all is to call a company and get a machine that runs commercials before they ask why you called, or what you want. Then keeps you waiting, and waiting. I have spent as long as forty minutes just trying to get a question answered. Yes, we lost it. Someday some business will rediscover customer service and make a million. © 2018, Lekatt. All rights reserved. We are seamlessly connected with each other. We rely on others for most everything. The cars we drive, the food we eat, those who build the houses in which we dwell. In this world, we are born depending on someone to provide us with the essentials of life. The way you make your living is usually to provide others with some product or service. We humans are interdependent. We need each other. The rest of our world is the same. Plants need water, water needs land, animals need both, and we need the whole of nature to insure a stable environment. Everything works together like a grand symphony orchestra. Our world is not the product of some chaotic explosion called “the Big Bang.” It was created by the guidance of a higher intelligence. There is order in all things, and a purpose for their being. We are not able understand the “whys” of everything because they occur beyond our knowledge. I believe this greater intelligence has put together a magnificent classroom for us to observe, and learn from the guiding principles of this great adventure. Scientists have discovered many of the rules and regulations governing our world. We call them physical laws: Universal Gravitation; Laws of Motion; Conservation of Mass and Energy; Thermodynamics; and Electrostatic Laws to name a few. These principles are universal. Think what would happen if “Universal Gravitation” would suddenly stop functioning. Our planet would cease to exist; but I know of no one worrying this will happen. We take these things for granted. They are dependable gifts from a mysterious intelligent source. As there are physical laws, there are also “rules” of personal interaction. However, since we have free choice; breaking or bending the rules does happen. But not without consequences. Corruption, scamming, and conflict are universal on planet earth. Kindness, compassion, and empathy are also universal on planet earth. The choice is for each of us, and the consequences of those choices transform us. They can make our life a living hell, or a thing of great beauty. The formula is simple. Harm others and you harm yourself. Help others and you help yourself. This law is as sure as the law of gravity. No one can escape the inevitable consequences of their own actions. © 2018, Lekatt. All rights reserved. Give me your tired, your poor, Author: Emma Lazarus © 2018, Lekatt. All rights reserved. |
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