Wisdom found in odd places...

I was watching one of the few 'reality' shows I consider worth watching--EXTREME MAKEOVERS:HOME EDITION-- yesterday, where a team goes in and rebuilds homes for people in need, either because of disasters, personal injury/illness, and because they give a service and/or provide inspiration to their community. It's a wonderful show, and every episode has a happy ending. One of the guest recipients made a comment that when you do good things, good things come to you... how true! LOL

Another thing really struck me though. The team built a home for this family who had extra room on their property where they try to offer homeless people a place to rebuild their lives. Considering the things that have happened in my own life in the last year or so, it really touched me. The shelter the family offered wasn't much but it was a start-- and the team not only built a new home for this family, they took their old home and renovated and upgraded it so it too was beautiful.

Then the host, Ty Pennington, offering his commendation to the family, made the remark that the people they helped now would have a better chance of learning and moving forward, because now they too would have a beautiful place to live, and 'where you live is a reflection of how you feel about yourself.' And the wife said that the people they take in become part of the family, and learn that they are important, that they count for something...

Seems to me they are wiser than they know.

Think about it. Doesn't that also apply to how we take care of ourselves? We struggle with the outer things, the weight loss and attending health issues, and often don't stop to consider that it is a manifestation of how we feel about ourselves. We treat ourselves as if others were more important, that we don't count. But we are part of the family of all mankind, and each one of us really IS important, we DO count for something...

I think that old Golden Rule works both ways... we need to treat others as we would wish to be treated, but we also need to treat ourselves as kindly as we would if we were someone else!

Today I am going to try my best to be as entertaining, kind and comforting, encouraging, and wise for myself as I would if I were my own honored guest...

Wish me luck! LOL
Kathy