Life's Urgent Question

“Life's most urgent question is, what are you doing for others?”
~Martin Luther King, Jr.

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There are two key words in life’s most urgent question: “are” and “doing.” “Are” is present tense, not past tense or future tense. “Are” means now; not what you have done or what your are planning to do The other word is “ Doing.” “Doing” is action. Life’s urgent question does not ask, what are you thinking about doing for others? No, the question focuses on action.

Life poses many, many questions for us. So why is this particular question the most urgent of all life’s questions? Because, right now somebody is in need of your help. All too often, we are so busy with ourselves that we neglect to see others in need. We develop tunnel vision, rushing from here to there and there to here, right smack in our own little worlds. Right now, somebody needs you! It is time you step outside of yourself and take a look around. Somebody needs a smile, a pat on the back, a hand to hold, a listening ear. Somebody needs your time, your talent, your treasure. Remember, when you lift someone else up, you lift yourself up as well. When two people are lifted up, two people win! And, when two people win as a result of an act of kindness, the world becomes a better place.

The Good Book tells us, “Let us not love with words or speech but with action and in truth” (1 John 3:18). So, I now ask you, what ARE you DOING for others?

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It's Your Life: Live it, Love it, Celebrate it!
MJD