Friday was a very important day for all in Scouting being the day we mark the birth of Robert Baden-Powell who founded Scouting in its differing forms and to whom we owe a good deal for pioneering a movement that raises the individual and contributes so much to society.
Life is very much an adventure from our birth and adventure is very much a need of all of us as young boys and girls to adults too so much so that many put back much into scouting and the wider community through our work and community volunteering.
To me this this is very important because our world sadly is not perfect and if we waited for it to be so that would be a long time but one good deed at a time we can take it along in the right direction if we make every endeavour to leave it better than we found it.
The world of today is different from that Baden-Powell inhabited, people often suggest they know a persons capabilities and yet self improvement and making the most of your abilities whatever challenges we may face remain the best ways we can grow as people often surprising others.
The tendency to look very much at our own needs and desires rather than understand what we gain by helping and serving others is not new nor is at times an obsession with material things.
Human decency requires we look beyond ours own situation and instead focus on what we may do that would help others meeting their needs.
We have social and moral obligations to each other.
I am grateful for everything he has done and how it has helped me.
No comments:
Post a Comment