STOP AND THINK – He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself. (Michel de Montaigue, 16th century French essayist)
Montaigue was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Perhaps he was awakening a more humane element in the current culture. Certainly, his sentiment is worth our consideration. As someone else has said, man is not an island; he must live in context with others. It is in our own best interest, then, to be positively involved in the lives of others.
Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed (Proverbs 11:25). In humility value others above yourselves . . . looking … to the interests of the others (Philippians 2:3-4)