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Saturday,

August 5, 2006

Everyday acts of heroism, chivalry and just plain thoughtfulness can come easy just from practicing the simple verse from the Gospel of Luke, “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” What do I mean by that?

I was touched by acts of heroism watching the morning news this week, a young teen was in a Jacuzzi pool at a Disney hotel, when the suction pulled him underwater. Someone alerted the boy’s father and he dove in. The suction was so great he couldn’t pull the teen out. He actually gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while he was submerged. After getting the teen out of the water, the teen was in a coma for several days and he was expected to make a full recovery. Of course, being his father that was probably love not heroism that prompted his act of bravery. But the fast thinking of his father not only saved his son’s life but the son suffering from any kind of irreparable damage.

In another act, a 5-year-old boy was playing in his family pool along with he watchful eye of his grandfather. The grandfather was watching his grandson come down the slide into the pool when the grandfather fell in. This youngster took matters into his own hands and swam his grandfather to safety. Was this another act of love, bravery … or both?

Finally, in

Detroit

a homeless man found $21,000 worth of savings bonds in a trash bin while searching for returnable bottles. He turned it in to a homeless shelter where a staff member found the family of the man who owned them. A thoughtful act from someone who didn’t even have his own roof over his head. If you were in his place, would you do the same thing? If you can honestly say you would, I commend your humanitarianism. There is no price on honesty, but the man did receive $4,000 from people who had heard of his kindness.

Do you know for sure you could be honest without thought, brave without fear or thoughtful without hesitation?

In the Bible’s gospel of Luke, Jesus elaborates on this “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” principle. He says, “Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. Would you want someone to steal from you, lie to you, covet your possessions? Of course not. So don’t go and do these things to other people.

Do we only commit acts of kindness to those we love or unkind to those we could care less about?

According to the Bible, God says you should love your enemies, do well, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great.

These acts be it of lifesaving or just plain good-deed doing puts a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart to know there is still good in the world.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 says: “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”

This is your time — be brave, be thoughtful and do things you can be proud of — be a hero.