Creating a beautiful future for everyone
When we have children, we want them to have a beautiful future. We want to send them to good schools that will develop their intellectual potential.
We want to see them develop socially with the psychological development necessary to succeed. We want them to develop spiritually, to develop an ethical outlook that makes them a compassionate, responsible, loving person. With their potential developed, they will become peaceful, caring people and law-abiding citizens.
Why wouldn’t we want these same developmental opportunities for all the children, and adults, in our society, and even around the world? When people in the world are peaceful, caring and law-abiding, the world becomes a place of joy, curiosity and acceptance.
Everyone can then turn attention to this gift of life and the wondrous planet we live on and the surrounding universe, with all the mysteries and awesome variety.
When we care for others like we care for ourselves, we create a beautiful future for all.
John Steinmeyer
Bradenton
This story was originally published October 7, 2016 at 6:34 PM with the headline "Creating a beautiful future for everyone."