Am I my brother's keeper?

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Just what are you responsible for while walking on this planet?  Granted you may not be responsible for a war that is taking place halfway around the world.  You certainly had nothing to do with the tornado that was ripping across the mid-west.  So what are you responsible for?  Some would say that our responsibility rest in doing what is best for ourselves, and making sure that we take care of those who we are responsible for.  So that leads me back to my original question, who are you responsible to?  If you have a family, certainly you are responsible for providing your children what they need to live each day.  There's a certain responsibility to your aging parents.  How you decide to handle those issues is up to you, but there still is a sense of responsibility that you should be there for them in their old age.

Aside from immediate family and close associates and friends, is there anyone else you are responsible for?  I guess if you own a company or business you would say that you are responsible for your employees.  They deserve a safe and secure environment in which to work, and an honest day's wage for an honest day's work.  They deserve to know that you stand behind them and that you see things much the same way they do, that this company is important and they are just as big a piece of it as you are.  OK, so besides those we have already mentioned, who else are you responsible for?  Or more aptly put, what else are you responsible for?

The very first thing you are responsible for is knowing the real you.  Failure to do this makes everything else in this world a mute point.  I know I go on and on, and on about this, but this is the foundation that everything else you ever do will be built upon.  Once you have come to the conclusion that you are divine, and that you are here for a real purpose, then and only then can you become to others what they need most.  What is it that they need most?  They need you to be authentic, real, not some made up person that you think you should be, or that you think others want. No, you need to be who you were intended to be, with every mistake you ever made, with every missed opportunity, with all the ups and downs that you have experienced in life.  This is the person the rest of the world needs you to be, and this is the person who in fact will be his or hers brother's keeper.

You see you do have a responsibility to the rest of humanity.  No matter what you do in this life, there is always going to be someone who is depending on you being the person you were intended to be, doing the things you were intended to do.  We do, we teach, we give, and all of this comes from what others have taught us, what we have picked up from them, and what we have witnessed.

There is no doubt that there are many different beliefs in this world.  Many of these beliefs have led to conflict and war, and others have simply left us wondering what in the world is going on.  Until such time as individuals learn who they are there will always be conflict because conflict emerges because of ego, and ego is the destroyer of all that is good or intended to be good in this world.  The only way we are ever going to get out of this trap is to get the ego under control, and the only way that is going to happen is to know who and what you are.

You are your brother's keeper inasmuch as you are responsible for knowing the real you.  You are your brother's keeper in displaying the authenticity that is you.  You are your brother's keeper because you have something that others need, and that something will help them become the person they were intended to be.  There is nothing insignificant about you, and whether you run a huge company, or simply smile at someone walking down the street, you bring to this planet the key to other's destiny.  There can be no missed opportunities when it comes to being the real you.  You may never see the outcome to what you have done for someone else, but rest assured what you have done for someone else will certainly come back into the mix down the road as they step out into their destiny.

Here is a simple truth:  you, the real you, has a task to fulfill.  You are the only one who can do it, and there is no one who was ever intended to take your place.  Certainly this is a big responsibility, but it never would have been given to you had you not had what it takes to complete the task.  Forget about trying to measure up to someone else's expectations of you.  They may have designs on what they feel you should do, but ultimately you are the only one who can be the person you were meant to be, touching the lives of those you were intended to touch.  There is nothing small about you, and there is no reason to measure yourself against anyone else.  The time has come for you to take a step forward and accept your charge.  There are people who need what you have, need what you do, and need who you are.  Yes, you are your brother's keeper, and like it or not, this is a responsibility you will not be able to get out of, and for that I am truly grateful.