The best help you can offer the community is to build in yourself a strong sense of morality. Imagine a community where actions have no consequences, there will definitely be nothing wrong with anything we do irrespective of how bad the action is.
However, building up morality starts individually, family and institutions of learning. We need to learn how to govern our behavior and involve in things that will improve our life because a well-developed life is a gain to the community at large.
Community isn’t just a compilation of houses or cars or number of streets but the people living right in it. That actually means we are all part of a community once we live in the area.
Things we can do in our own lives to help reshape the community
1. Responsible parental upbringing
There’s a popular adage that says “Charity begins at home”. This literally means the type of behavior a child will adapt is firstly acquired from the home through the behavior of parents and relatives. That’s why we must be conscious of what our children are exposed to.
Responsible parenthood is an ability of the parents to know the best desires of their children and supporting them to become responsible.
The importance of the parents and their joint commitment in raising the next generation cannot be overlooked. The first stage to become a responsible parent starts from the rightful age to marry.
Children must be taught the act of love, how to interact with families and people that are older than them.
Also, actions of the parent’s matters a lot, children observe, imitate the behaviors of their parents. Therefore parents needs to act responsibly so their children can be responsible. And a responsible children are valuable to the community.
2. Developing good habits
Our habits determine who we are. It is very clear that not all habits are good and not all habits are bad. And bad habit will surely have bad impacts on oneself and the community, also good habits has great significance on the community. One must replace the old habits whenever you’re building up habits with a new one. Bad habits can be replaced with a healthier one through the following ways:
- Change your behavior towards places, people and activities that makes you involve in those bad habits. Or you avoid them completely.
- Discipline yourself enough to reduce cravings. For instance, if smoking is part of your relaxation, then you take a cool bathe instead.
- Make negative behaviors difficult.
Note, healthy habits are not built in a day, it involves constant actions by making it to be part of your everyday schedule.
3. Cultivate the habits of living in love
To love and to feel loved is an important thing every man must pursue. A society is made up of several people from different backgrounds living together, they perform different roles to maintain the structure of society. Since a society is made up of people with different upbringings, there is high tendency that there will be chaos because there will be difference in opinions, beliefs and personalities. However, people must develop the ability of living in love by tolerating each other. A community that lives in love will surely progress maximally.
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4. Respectful communication
When it comes to relationship with others, respectful communication is essential. Always practice politeness irrespective of who you are talking to. Also, do not criticize people’s opinions, or decisions, interact with people equally and fairly. Communication with respect will reflect on you positively.
5. Practice cleanliness
Practicing cleanliness is one way to help ourselves and also help the community. Practicing cleanliness at home will become part of our lifestyle which will be exhibited outside.
Conclusion
To help your community, you have to help yourself. Hope you will be willing to help the community by first starting to help yourself.
