Economic Crisis
Living in a world where there is economic crisis and political instability can made one selfish and uncaring about others.We in Guyana are no different.Many persons are so caught up in the survival process that they do not think about the welfare of others.I refer here to altruistic behavious which speak about an act or expression of concern for others which does not bring any benefit or reward. Good samaritians seem to be a thing of the past, when we analyse people’s day by day behavior.On my way to the Campus I saw the ruthless and selfish behavior of the drivers on the road. They will not stop if someone stands at the curb waiting to cross the street. Eventually, when my Dad stopped for an old lady to cross the street, the vehicles behind us began a “Honking” session. It seems people are always in a hurry. In recent times, there has been an increase of homless people roaming our streets.How many of us, will consistently give, whether cash or kindness to these people? Yet, if there is a telethon on a Television Station people become very charitable because their names will be mentioned, so they give to impress. It is man’s general nature to be rewarded, whether psychologically or materially. So to be charitable away public from the public eyes is not encouraging, since no one will know how much we gave.But we need to be “our brother’s keeper”.If God is blessing us, we sould be a blessing to others.The reward is greater in heaven if we make someone’s life better in our own way. Luke chp10:28 says “to love your neighbor as yourself.” So we ought to show concern for others. I read a Religious article in “ The Reader’s Digest” which described how a a Christian stopped and spoke to a man about the love of God the man was sitting quietly on a bridge.During the conversation I was learnt thst the man recently lost his wife.After the conversation the man rvealed that he had decided to jump from the bridge, since he missed his wife so much. The Christian’s