Are you empathetic enough?

"Although we are all the same in not wanting problems and wanting a peaceful life, we tend to create a lot of problems for ourselves. Encountering those problems, anger develops and overwhelms our mind, which leads to violence. A good way to counter this and to work for a more peaceful world is to develop concern for others. Then our anger, jealousy and other destructive emotions will naturally weaken and diminish."~ Dalai Lama

Empathy. The best way to start your day is with gratitude. Gratitude for a new day, for the friends in your life, for the food and home you have....then look beyond this and feel for those who have no home, who are jobless who may have just lost a family member. What can YOU do to reach out to them? In the grand scheme of things, share the good that you have with others! There is a reason that you have been blessed. Give to another! Are you strong of mind? be compassionate! Are you able bodied? Share the work load! are you able to open your heart to another? Then why wait? Do it today, for today is he gift that we ALL have been given! Give until you think you have no more...then give even more! It always comes back to you many times over and who knows? The life you save...or change...can then move on and encounter another in as much need...and that person will also be the recipient of your kindness. It is the ripple effect that keeps on giving, growing larger and more expansive.