Living by the Golden Rule

Catalyst:

“Something that causes an important event to happen; or a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected.”

I believe that a person can be a catalyst in other people’s lives. It should read, “A person who initiates turmoil and stress without themselves being affected.” It does happen and we enable the person to continue to be that catalyst for a number of reasons. Maybe we feel they have “issues” and we’re not sure how to help them. Maybe there are “factors” around their life that we’re not sure how to deal with, but the bottom line is that this “catalytic” person continues to wreak havoc upon a family until the family itself begins to self destruct and become unstable. How long do you allow it to continue before you put your foot down and say no more? Hopefully there is a breaking point, but no one knows when this is except maybe fate!

We see shows like Intervention and thus there are so many people out there with issues beyond comprehension that need help. Help that a family cannot do by their self without outside assistance. Each of those individuals is a catalyst. Too selfish to admit they have a problem that is hurting not only themselves, but their entire family. How do they get like this? Is it upbringing, something horrible from their past, culture, environment, DNA? All of this combined? It’s a mystery but in the end the parents seem to take the blame each time and then the guilt sets in. Amazing isn’t it?

Had they just did what they were supposed to have done then the child would have been OK. Pretty simple right? Kind of makes you wonder why they didn’t. What if we all just lived by the Golden Rule – Treat others as you would want others to treat you. How hard is that? How hard is it to just get up every day and live your life on the straight and narrow and just live a normal life? To hear some people it’s impossible. Wouldn’t it be a great place if everyone just followed the Golden Rule? Would it change the world? Is it even possible? Could you do it for one week? Two weeks? One month? How long could you live by the Golden Rule?

Ask yourself and try it – How long can you be a good person without snapping back to your old, bad habits? Negativity, hatred, jealousy, bitterness? Try it, see how long you last. It’s a tough challenge, most people can’t last a day. Try to live by the Golden Rule for one day and see if you can.

Good Luck.