Can you ask yourself a question, and answer it honestly? Would you mind trying this one?

Question

Ask yourself: "What can I do to make life better for someone else, without trying to control them through religion, emotion, fear, reward or force?" Care to share your answer?

Answer 1

Accept them for who they are, including their choices.
Do not treat them how you yourself would not like to be treated.

Answer 2

The altruistic, good-intentioned, utopian plan is to lower healthcare costs, which will be a benefit for the poor. Should there be initiatives to reduce the cost of health insurance and healthcare? Yes. But government managed solutions is not the way to go. Name any government managed heathcare this has done well. Medicare, Medicaid, V.A. benefits are going broke. State healthcare systems in Massachusetts, Tennessee and Hawaii have turned out to be a huge drain and are being scaled back (rationing). Hawaii dropped theirs. If this was a resume of government managed healthcare success, would you hire it? If there were so much savings to be had by weeding out waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, why wait until 2011 to start fixing it? There no reason to start do that starting last February. When is the last time the government ever found ways of saving billions and turned an agency from a profit losing enterprise into a lean, mean, efficient machine? That is what the president is counting on to pay for his healthcare plan. On top of this, President Obama has said on a few occasions that he is for single-payer healthcare. Barney Frank, one of the most powerful members in the Senate has said so to. Other congressmen are also dedicated to this goal of single-payer healthcare. They have also said that the government option is just a start. Once the foot is in the door, that is the opportunity toward achieving single-payer in the future. This is what's called "the camel's nose". Single-payer systems is what Great Britain and Canada have. You wait in lines to wait in line for healthcare. They have lotteries to win a chance for healthcare! Those with serious, threatening conditions must also wait. Those who can, come here for treatment. These countries had all the altruistic, good intended, utopian ideals in the world when these plans were first promoted, similar to the president's and liberals' vision now. Also, a number of doctors don't accept Medicaid, they don't get reimbursed enough for their service. Imagine now if Medicaid is the only payer, which would in a sense be the case. It won't be worth it to be a doctor. They'll quit and fewer will want to go though all the hassle to become a doctor without the reward of getting good pay. Solutions? Major tort reform. But not the lip-service President Obama gave to it in his latest speech. Interstate health insurer association plans to increase competition. Portable healthcare plans that follow you like an IRA without the cost of doing so.

Answer 3

This is a partial list: :)
- I went down to New Orleans after Hurricane K. hit, and I worked w. the HSUS to rescue animals devastated by the storm
- I always take 2 or 3 names off of the "Angel Tree" at the local malls [children who need clothes, a warm coat, and a few toys at Christmas] - anonymously
- I "adopt" a needy family and I fill as many of their wishes as possible [they anonymously supply me with a "wish list" of wanted & needed items] - anon.
- I donate clothes, shoes, etc. to the "Clothes Closet" [ a place where anyone in need can have these items FREE of charge] - anon.
- I donated $200 to the org. "Donors Choose" - the money was used to purchase books for a school that was devastated after Hurricane Katrina
- I rescue stray cats, dogs and any other animal in need {I currently have 3 stray cats "boarding" in my home until I can find permanent homes}
- I always donate food items to the both the Boy Scouts annual food drive, and to the local Food Pantry
- I donate BLOOD on a regular basis...

That is all I can think of for now. This list does NOT include the monetary donations I make each year.. : )
Good question!
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Answer 4

Try sharing a smile or just sharing a kind word with someone. Open a door or offer to carry a heavy package. By someone food who is hungry. Any random act o kindness and make any life better. The rewards you will get from it are just as amazing.

Answer 5

I can do a lot of things. I'm a member of a synagogue that works with a food bank here; we give out food, and also provide hot meals, and we don't ask anybody what they believe (that would be incredibly rude!!). We just see that there are hungry people, and we do our best to try to feed them as often as we can. We also provide other services to people (clothing, housing, school supplies, vocational counseling and education, psychological counseling, some medical care, and so on). Jewish Family Services in Seattle helps people of all sorts; nobody cares what their faith is, although we probably get more Jewish people simply because thanks to churches, people are afraid we WILL try to persuade them to our beliefs - TOTALLY frustrating to overcome! Unless it is in some way pertinent to their situation (not common at all), we don't even ask.

I also belong to various environmental organizations; they include people of all faiths, and of no faith at all, who are trying to help restore Puget Sound and keep other areas healthy. This is something that helps everybody here; I have no idea what faith (if any) most of the members are - I don't guess we've ever had occasion to discuss it.

Answer 6

I can do some good deed for them anonymously - then they couldn't believe that I wanted to control them in any way. I could also simply be a friend in a time of need, or a supporter in a time of turmoil. I can buy them a cup of coffee and listen for a while. But really, I can't make life better for anyone else. "Better" is relative, depending on your perspective. I think life is pretty good, but others who see how I live might not think it's so hot. Only I can choose to see my life as good, or better. And only you can choose to view yours as "better'. But perhaps someone would change their view if I chose to show them a little kindness

Answer 7

I already do that. I always do my best to serve others and the only thing I want in return is to see a smile on their face. I guess I will have to stop trying to bring them happiness through service, cuz that means I am trying to control their emotions. I help when and because I am able. Because I may be able to do for someone else what they cannot do for themselves.

Answer 8

I give when and where needed...... some one looses their home to fire, I donate what I have or can........ they need a jacket for a child at school and I find out about it, I will get that child a jacket..... shoes, etc...... I have opened my home to teens over the years, nothing ask of them..... It is not always the big things that changes a life, often the little things make the big differences..... go in peace..... God bless

Answer 9

The Ethics of Reciprocity covers this one, which is mentioned in 21 different religions. I think Socrates hit it on the head better than the way it is worded by others. He said that the first law was "do no harm".

Answer 10

Volunteer at my local animal shelter. It's not hard to be a hero to animals that have been abandoned or abused -- they're generally so grateful for the smallest kindnesses.

As far as helping humans goes, I donate food items to the food bank.

Answer 11

If you donate money to a cause, anonomously, you have no control in any way. If you don't claim the donation, you won't receive a deduction on income taxes and then will not benefit yourself--even better.