We can try to help people, but also they have to help themselves. It’s like going to the doctor. When you go to the doctor he may give you medicine, and tell you how to use it. He might say, “Take 2 tablets once in a day.”
But the doctor is not going to be at your home when you are taking those tablets. It’s your responsibility to take those tablets by following the doctor’s instructions he told you! You may even decide not to take those tablets. It’s your choice.
The patient has the responsibility of taking his or her tablets in time, according what the doctor said. Also the patient is free to throw away those tablets! Because it’s his or her choice.
When we help our friends, we are like the doctor. We can give our friends love and energy and good ideas. It is their choice to use our help or not. Our job is to love people everywhere we go, to the people we meet. Those people also have choice to love others or not.
If you have a story about free will, please share your story so we can help each other.
June 1, 2015 at 11:37 pm
Nice post Wilson!
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June 2, 2015 at 12:49 am
Thank you!
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June 2, 2015 at 12:29 am
Amen!
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June 2, 2015 at 12:50 am
God bless you!
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June 2, 2015 at 1:05 am
Great post thank you! We can give others love and encouragement Wilson, but we need to learn that many people don’t want to be help sometimes as well.
Thank you for sharing.
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June 10, 2015 at 3:48 am
I agree with you, that’s the reason why I came up with this story about free will. Each individual has a choice. For example, some want help, others don’t. Some of them are not ready for help and others are ready. Love is always sensitive to what is needed.
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July 28, 2015 at 11:25 am
Support is a MUST in situations where a person is not able to help themselves, my Dear Wilson! So being Supportive, while giving them Ideas, from those of Us who are Strong is an Absolute part of their coming up. Regards. 🙂
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August 1, 2015 at 12:04 am
Thank you so much for your contribution. It is true that people need support, and they also need to stand on their own feet. Life is a dance. We have to ask ourselves, in every situation, does this person need my support now? Or will my support make him or her weak? Making their own choices is part of people’s coming up.
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June 2, 2015 at 2:08 am
It is true, we have free will, but sometimes we need life support (going back to the doctor/patient analogy).
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June 10, 2015 at 3:47 am
Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment. It points out that no single approach works in all cases. Sometimes people need life support. Sometimes they are not ready to change, and it doesn’t help. We always have to be sensitive to what people need.
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June 2, 2015 at 2:40 am
Great insight!
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June 2, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Thank you!
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June 2, 2015 at 3:05 am
I love your posts!
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June 2, 2015 at 3:31 pm
Thank you, I love yours too!
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June 2, 2015 at 10:02 am
Very true Wilson. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink 🙂
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June 10, 2015 at 3:46 am
I agree with you, it’s all about choice! Thank you for being open.
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June 9, 2015 at 7:20 pm
wilsonagaba, what a wonderful and very true post you have here today. I agree with you and we all should spread the love around like seeds in our gardens. What grows from this simple act is truly amazing indeed.
Take care and happy blogging to ya, from Laura ~
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June 10, 2015 at 3:43 am
Laura, thank you so much for the beautiful comment. Together we can spread love in the whole world, and our seeds of love will grow in the hearts of people who are willing. Nice to meet you!
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June 13, 2015 at 12:21 am
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I hope you accept the challenge and thank you!
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June 17, 2015 at 3:26 am
Thank you so much for nominating me for this challenge. I’m sorry, I have only a little time for blogging and I am slow at it, so I can’t accept this challenge. Please forgive me.
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June 17, 2015 at 3:32 am
No worries Wilson! I understand and thank you for taking the time to explain, but this is just a game and I am glad you read my post. Thank YOU!
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June 17, 2015 at 3:38 am
Wow! you are welcome!
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June 14, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Great thought on Free Will 🙂
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June 14, 2015 at 5:47 pm
I’m happy you liked this post! Thank you.
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June 15, 2015 at 4:56 pm
I love this post I am learning “Karma” and healing thoughts to others. I say, “I’m sorry, please forgive me, Thank you and I love you.” In my head as I need to .
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June 17, 2015 at 3:25 am
Wow!!! I’m so happy you are sending healing thoughts to others. It is a good use of your free will.
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June 24, 2015 at 11:32 pm
Nice post and so true. A favorite quote: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” ~Maimonides
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June 27, 2015 at 12:41 am
I loved your quote, and it’s true. Yes, you can play your part by teaching him how to fish and feed himself. We can help him learn how to take responsibility for a good life. And then he can also serve other people.
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July 6, 2015 at 4:08 am
Awesome post… I am moved by this “Our job is to love people everywhere we go, to the people we meet. Those people also have choice to love others or not.”
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July 7, 2015 at 4:34 am
I really appreciate your comment about choices.
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July 7, 2015 at 7:20 am
:):)
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July 7, 2015 at 1:46 pm
Cute!
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August 8, 2015 at 4:58 pm
I like reading your post. There’s much insights. I agree. We can only do so much to help others. They need to help themselves too.
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August 14, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Thank you for the beautiful comment. I agree with you, each individual has a choice and also we have to play our part by helping them as much as we can. You can do your best to help someone, but also that person has to do his best to help himself.
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August 20, 2015 at 7:50 pm
very well said, Wilson.
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August 21, 2015 at 11:04 pm
Thanks!
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