Do you think it's all about you?...

Some people view their life as it's all about them; what they want; how others aren't making them happy; how things didn't go as they wanted and are upset and put out because of such... and it never ceases to amaze me at just how truly selfish people are. Any of those attitudes is wrong... it's a sin. Selfishness, no matter how someone tries to justify it, is wrong...
The Bible says we are to treat others how we want to be treated. Period. God didn't put a a clause in there that says "well, if they do this to you ... or do that to you... or if this happens..." no... it's plain and simple... one of the Commandments... treat others how you want to be treated.
There are so many Christians that can't even do that one Commandment... which makes me wonder how they can call themselves Christians?... it's so basic.
Trying to be Christlike... is so much harder... but to treat others how you want to be treated?... It should be like breathng to those of us that call ourselves Christians... that is one of the biggest complaints I hear from my non-Christian friends, is that Christians don't act like they should... they discredit the name Christian... those type people make it so that non-Christians do not want to have anything to do with the Christian faith because they see themselves as 'better' people then most Christians. That is extremely sad to me. I'm sure that if people were polled and asked the numbers would be staggering of those that would say that they have allowed their opinions to be swayed about the Christian faith simply because of the behavior of people that proclaim to be Christian around them. 
Now imagine if we took those same staggering numbers of people that had a bad experience with a Christian and made it a GOOD experience, one of actual Christs love and grace and simply treating others how you want to be treated... can you imagine then how many people would be interested to learn more about God and his love for them? Think how many people would be changed... how many people would discover that they ARE loveable and they ARE worthy of God's love.? And then those people started treating others how they wanted to be treated and gave God's grace and love away to people around them... the domino effect could be staggering!
Just as the negative effect can start with just one person... so too can the positive effect... I don't know about you, but I want to be one of those positive effect people. I want to be the one person that people encounter and say "Wow! She's different! She's Christlike, she's positive and cheerful and she makes me feel good."
Because people won't remember what you said,... but they will remember how you made them feel.