Heard an interesting analogy yesterday of how our actions impact others…

Two men were out fishing in a small boat. One man reaches down to the bottom and starts cutting a hole. A bit terrified his partner says, “What are you doing? You’ll sink the boat!” The fisherman replies “Oh, don’t worry about me and what I’m doing. This is my part of the boat to do with as I please.”

Have you ever seen such an attitude expressed? People with a desire to be left alone and do as they please often forget that their actions have an impact on others.

For instance, a dad stays regularly late at the office and fails to grasp the deprivation his family is struggling with by having him always gone. The kids suffer, but no one notices. Or an employee comes to work in a bad mood and doesn’t care that everyone around her feels the negativity. Or someone mindlessly throws litter out of the window of their car and pollutes the scenery that everyone else observes. There are many more examples…

When someone “drills a hole” in North Korea it affects people in Europe…and everywhere else. We’re all in the same “boat” together.

There is one Mind and one family under God. The more we love each other as family members the more we’ll take into consideration the impact our actions have on others.

Maybe then there will be fewer “sinking boats” in the world!