The Importance Of The Golden Rule

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Register to read the introduction… The idea of being nice to others should not be a foreign concept to anyone. Following the Golden Rule is a simple idea but a difficult task to live by for anyone. It is not about “killing them with kindness” or “keeping your enemies close”. It goes deeper than even this revenge mentality. It is about love and it comes with no reward, revenge or recognition desired. It requires discipline, patients, and strength to love ones enemy.
I believe that kindness is contagious on every continent. I believe in changing the world through simple acts of love. I believe in the Golden Rule, and I believe that centuries of prominent religious leaders knew what they were preaching. But most of all, I believe that all humans have an innate sense of morality, of what is right and wrong. It is only by our free will that we ignore this sense. It is however, that same free will that allows us to change our actions and reactions to

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