I was watching this movie the other day.  One of the primary premises of the storyline was the art-based business of this guy was going under due to the changing waves of time and of culture. He found this one individual who could help him out and save him and his business and that person made him the promise that they would. Then, the bailed on the deal. Someone else offered them a lot of money and all of that kind of stuff. “We didn’t have a contract,” so said the person. “But, I did have your word,” said the business owner. “Oh. Come on,” was the response. The guy’s business failed, and the other person got a lot of money.
 
Yes, yes, this is/was only a movie. But, in so many ways, doesn’t that ideally illustrate the way so many people behave?  They are only out for themselves. They are only out for them getting over. They are only doing what they do if it benefits them.
 
I don’t know about you, but I have been screwed over in business deals in my life. Screwed over by a selfish, self-thinking individual who only cared about themselves and did not care about the impact they had on anyone else as long as they got what they wanted. How about you? Anything like that ever happened to you?
 
I believe all this goes to a deeper pattern in life. And, this pattern is nothing new and one that I doubt will ever change anytime soon. People only do what they do based upon what they are going to get out of it. As long as they come out on top, all is well with the/their world. If not, they bail. They’re gone. And, damn anyone they made a promise to or anyone they will hurt in the process.
 
How about you? Think a about your life? What deals have you made? What promises have you made? What did you say you would do but later decided not to do it based on your realizing a better outcome would come your way if you walked a different path?
 
Most people never even contemplate life from a moral standpoint unless they are the one on the receiving end of some form of negativity. They never question the right or the wrong of what they are doing as long as they are the one getting something that they want. How about you? How much time do you spend looking to the impact of your action(s) on someone/anyone else? And, do you really care? Do you care if you are going to get what you want, you are going to grow and get and be better—be more when that other person will be less?
 
People rarely look to the impact they are having unless that impact affects them in some negative manner? Really, how about you? Who have you hurt by the promises you made and broke, the actions you took that hurt someone else, and you getting better while you made someone else get worse?
 
You want the world to be a better place. It can all begin with you.