Today's Thought - August

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August 15

To be a man means to be a fellow man.

~Leo Baeck

Sometimes we become overburdened with frustration and disappointment in our lives. When we turn inward and focus only on our problems, we may be cutting ourselves off from the healing effect of contact with others. Today, there may be a new group member who would appreciate a phone call from us. Perhaps we could visit an aged person or someone who is sick. Help is always needed in providing food to the hungry. Perhaps a co-worker would welcome our assistance on a task or errand.

When we help others, we affirm our solidarity with them in their stress and suffering. We don’t give help because we are better or without problems of our own, but because we suffer too. When we act as fellow men, the comradeship and human contact we get provide us with as much help as we give. They liberate us from our own oppressive egos and help us see that we are worthwhile men.

I affirm myself as a man when I stand in solidarity with others and help them in their need.

Today's reading is from the book Touchstones, A Book of Daily Meditations for Men