Sunday, February 04, 2007
Being a Good Neighbor
I heard about a woman who was the oldest living american, 114 years of age, on Headline News the other day. They asked this woman what she found different between today and the years past that she has lived. Her response was that people were a lot friendlier back in the day.
What happened to being neighborly and friendly with people? Are we all too tied up in our own little worlds that we cannot take time to smile at people and help them? You know what I am talking about. Have you ever tried to move something about your yard or house and wish that you had some help? How many of you went to ask a neighbor for some help? If not, why not? Are we that far apart in this world today that we cannot ask for nor give help to our own neighbors?
What do you know about your neighbor? Is it really that bad to get to know your neighbor a little bit? Think about it. Remember when you were young and your Mom went to borrow and egg or a cup of sugar from a neighbor, just because she was in the middle of baking a cake or something and realized that she did not have the egg or cups of sugar that the recipe called for. Maybe you remember the neighbor coming over to borrow an onion?
Come on now, what is so bad about that? It helps you get done whatever you are cooking without having to stop everything and run to the store. I always noticed that whatever was borrowed was always returned. Imagine that happening in today's society.
We may all have rough times coming our way. Wouldn't it be nice to know that you can depend on a neighbor for help. It would even be a nicer thought to believe that we would be willing to help that neighbor out, the next time we see them struggling with something in their yard or house.
Would you be willing to help a neighbor out if they came to you?
This past summer my wife and I decided to add top soil and grass seed to our lawn and decided to do it ourselves. We started out wheel barrelling the top soil out with the help of my wife's mother and another friend. Before we were done, a couple of neighbors jumped in and helped us. I had let one of the neighbors borrow our snow blower to clean his driveway and sidewalk the winter before.
Try being a good neighbor. It may wear well on you.
What happened to being neighborly and friendly with people? Are we all too tied up in our own little worlds that we cannot take time to smile at people and help them? You know what I am talking about. Have you ever tried to move something about your yard or house and wish that you had some help? How many of you went to ask a neighbor for some help? If not, why not? Are we that far apart in this world today that we cannot ask for nor give help to our own neighbors?
What do you know about your neighbor? Is it really that bad to get to know your neighbor a little bit? Think about it. Remember when you were young and your Mom went to borrow and egg or a cup of sugar from a neighbor, just because she was in the middle of baking a cake or something and realized that she did not have the egg or cups of sugar that the recipe called for. Maybe you remember the neighbor coming over to borrow an onion?
Come on now, what is so bad about that? It helps you get done whatever you are cooking without having to stop everything and run to the store. I always noticed that whatever was borrowed was always returned. Imagine that happening in today's society.
We may all have rough times coming our way. Wouldn't it be nice to know that you can depend on a neighbor for help. It would even be a nicer thought to believe that we would be willing to help that neighbor out, the next time we see them struggling with something in their yard or house.
Would you be willing to help a neighbor out if they came to you?
This past summer my wife and I decided to add top soil and grass seed to our lawn and decided to do it ourselves. We started out wheel barrelling the top soil out with the help of my wife's mother and another friend. Before we were done, a couple of neighbors jumped in and helped us. I had let one of the neighbors borrow our snow blower to clean his driveway and sidewalk the winter before.
Try being a good neighbor. It may wear well on you.
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