A beggar walks up to a well-dressed woman who is shopping on Rodeo Drive and says, "I haven't eaten anything in four days."

She looked at him and said, "God, I wish I had your willpower."

We do get going on our own paths, don't we. How often do we have an opportunity to help someone, but let is slip right out of our hands?

The woman in the joke appears to have been so wrapped up in herself she had no clue what the beggar was talking about. While it is just a joke, how many real times does that same thing happen to each of us.

Some of you will say it never happens. To that I say "good". Yet is that true? Are you saying you really and truly understood what the last child that spoke to you, was speaking about?

How many times have we failed to encourage someone we work with? How many people go past us without our caring smile? How many miss out on the charm, encouragement and aid a few simple words of caring from you could offer.

Why not make a point this week, of finding one person a day to talk to and encourage? Sometimes a simple and caring "You can do it!" said with belief and conviction in your voice, can turn a life around completely.

Think of the times it has happened to you, and how it was a help when you needed it. All of us are human and can use caring encouragement.

Life is meant to be shared. It is in the giving of encouragement, the caring about the welfare of another, the few simple words from you, that makes your life and the life of those around you, so much better.

Funny isn't it? For the cost of only a few words uttered out of your mouth, life can be made so much better for someone else. Did you know you had that power?

Those words cost nothing, yet give so much.

Can you imagine what your world would be like if you made a point of saying kind encouraging words only? The world would beat a path to your door. Everyone would want to be near you, just to hear you speak.

In encouraging others, in listening to others, you dramatically enhance your own life. It is measurable, visible. Try it.

BE SOMEONE WHO CARES?

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