HUMANITY

                                                        PRACTICE HUMANITY

                  CONFIDENCE WITHOUT HUMILITY IS ARROGANCE. HUMANITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL VIRTUES. IT IS A SIGN OF GREATNESS. HUMANIT DOES NOT MEAN SELF-DEMEANING BEHAVIOR THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO BELITTLING ONESELF. BEHAVIOR THAT WOULD AMOUNT BUT FALSE HUMANITY DETRACTS.

                   MANY YEARS AGO, A RIDER CAME ACROSS SOME SOLDIERS WHO WERE TRYING TO MOVE A HEAVY LOG WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE CORPORAL WAS STANDING BY AS THE MEN STRUGGLED. THE RIDER ASKED THE CORPORAL WHY HE WASN'T HELPING. THE CORPORAL REPLIED, I AM THE CORPORAL, I GIVE ORDERS. THE RIDER DISMOUNTED WENT UP TO THE SOLDIERS AND HELPED THEM LIFE THE LOG. WITH HIS HELP, THE LOG GOT MOVED. THE RIDER QUIETLY MOUNTED HIS HORSE AND WENT TO THE CORPORAL AND SAID, THE NEXT TIME YOUR MEN NEED HELP, SEND FOR THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, AFTER HE LEFT THE CORPORAL AND HIS MEN FOUND OUT THAT THE RIDER WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON.

                        THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR. SUCCESS AND HUMANITY GO HAND IN HAND. WHEN OTHERS BLOW YOUR HORN, THE SOUND GOES FURTHER. JUST THINK ABOUT IT? SIMPLICITY AND HUMANITY ARE TWO HALLMARKS OF GREATNESS.

                                                     BE UNDERSTANDING AND CARING 

                IN RELATIONSHIPS WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES AND SOMETIMES WE ARE INSENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE VERY CLOSE TO US. ALL THIS LEADS TO DISAPPOINTMENT AND RESENTMENT. THE ANSWER TO HANDLING DISAPPOINMENT IS UNDERSTANDING.

                RELATIONSHIPS DON'T COME ABOUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PERFECT. THEY COME ABOUT BECAUSE OF UNDERSTANDING.

                THERE IS MORE GRATIFICATION IS BEING A CARING PERSON THAN IN JUST BEING A NICE PERSON. A CARING ATTITUDE BUILDS GOODWILL, WHICH IS THE BEST KIND OF INSUREANCE THAT A PERSON CAN HAVE AND IT DOESN'T COST A THING.

             SOME PEOPLE SUBSTITUTE MONEY FOR CARING AND UINDERSTANDING. BEING UNDERSTANDING IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY AND THE BEST WAY TO BE UNDERSTOOD IS TO BE UNDERSTANDING. THE BASIS OF REAL COMMUNICATION IS TO UNDERSTAND.

                                                             PRACTICE GENEROSITY

                       GENEROSITY IS SIGN OF EMOTIONAL MATURITY.  BEING GENEROUS IS BEING THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERATE WITHOUT BEING ASKED. GENEROUS PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE RICHNESS OF LIFE THAT A SELFISH PERSON CANNOT EVEN DREAM OF .

                    BE CONSIDERATE, SELFISHNESS BRINGS ITS OWN PUNISHMENT. BE SENSITIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE'S FEELINGS.

                                                                        BE TACTFUL

                         TACT IS VERY IMPORTANT ANY RELATIONSHIP. TACT IS THE ABILITY TO MAKE A POINT WITHOUT ALIENATING THE OTHER PERSON.

                                                                        KINDNESS

                               MONEY WILL BUY A GREAT DOG BUT ONLY KINDNESS WILL MAKE HIM WAG HIS TAIL. IT IS NEVER TOO SOON FOR KINDNESS BECAUSE WE DONT'T KNOW HOW SOON IS TOO LATE.

                             KINDNESS IS A LANGUAGE THE DEAF CAN HEAR AND THE BLIND CAN SEE. IT IS BETTER TO TREAT A FRIEND WITH KINDNESS WHILE HE IS LIVING THAN DISPLAY FLOWERS ON HIS GRAVE WHEN HE IS DEAD.

                            AN ACT OF KINDNESS MAKES A PERSON FEEL GOOD REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HE IS DOING IT OR IT IS DONE TO HIM. KIND WORDS NEVER HURT THE TONGUE

                                             HOW DO WE JUDGE OUR VALUE SYSTEM

                    THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS ACCORDING TO MAHATMA GANDHI ARE:

                      ❤ WEALTH WITHOUT WORK

                      ❤ PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE

                      ❤ KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT CHARACTER

                      ❤ COMMERCE WITHOUT MORALITY

                      ❤ SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANITY

                      ❤ RELIGION WITHOUT SACRIFICE

                      ❤ POLITCS WITHOUT PRINCIPLE

                        EACH OF THESE PERVERSIONS REFLECTS TO LACK OF VALUES. HOW DO YOU PUT OUR VALUE SYSTEM TO THE TEST ? I BELIEVE THERE ARE ONLY TWO TESTS.

                     OF THESE THE ULTIMATE TEST IS THE MAMA TEST, WHATEVER. YOU ARE DOING, AT HOME OR AT WORK, ALONE OR WITH SOMEONE - IF VALUES ARE IN QUESTION - ASK YOURSELF,  IF MY MAMA WERE TO SEE ME DOING THIS, WOULD SHE BE PROUD OF ME AND SAY, ATTABOY, OR WOULD SHE HAND HER HEAD IN SHAME? YOUR VALUES WOULD THEN BE CLARIFIED RATHER QUICKLY. IF YOU PASSED THE MAMA TEST FAILED ALL OTHER TESTS, YOU HAVE PASSED. IF YOU FAILED THE MAMA TEST AND PASSED ALL OTHER TESTS, YOU HAVE FAILED.

                    IF THE MAMA TEST DOESN'T DO IT, I HAVE ANOTHER TEST CALLED THE BABA TEST. WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING, AT HOME OR AT  WORK, ALONE OR WITH SOMEONE - IF VALUES ARE IN QUESTION - ASK YOURSELF, IF MY CHILDREN WERE TO SEE ME DOING WHAT I AM DOING, WOULD I WANT THEM TO SEE IT, OR WOULD I BE EMBARASSED ? AGAIN THE CLOUNDS WILL CLEAR RATHER QUICKLY AND YOU WILL GET YOUR ANSWERS.

                      IF THESE TWO TESTS DON'T CLARIFY PERSON'S VALUES - WHAT WOULD?

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