“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But…the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Too often, the notion of service to others can become skewed.
Regarded as a transaction. A form of interpersonal commerce. “If I do this, what will you do for me? ” Or, “What do I get out of it? A character revealing moment if there ever was one.
When you reach out, and offer your hand to pick someone up , the only thing they need give you is theirs.
True character in action recognizes that the getting is always in the giving.
A return on your small investment of immeasurable and lasting value.
For both.
...my temporary assignment. 