Dignity: The Most Essential Human Necessity

Your words and actions can give life to others today!

We possess one of the most incredible abilities ever given by God–the power to make others feel special and that they truly matter! Dignity. We all need it to survive and thrive. And, when you withhold or rob a person of it, you could be effecting ones will to live.

Think about this:

“The way to gauge someone’s real character might be to see how they treat the people they don’t need.”

No one–not a single person in this world –should ever be made to feel inferior. Every person you come in contact with today, either directly or indirectly in passing, has value. You have the opportunity to remind them by showing it.

• Smile at someone.
• Acknowledge others by asking them their name.
• Ask them about their day.
• To truly listen, completely abandon your agenda for that moment.
• Don’t let the desire for your own success color the way you treat others.
• Don’t become one of those despicable people who callously step on others to get ahead themselves.
• Think about how your actions might effect others and do what’s in the best interest of everyone, not just yourself.

“Man cannot live without dignity, nor should he live without making every effort to confer it on others.” –Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Dignity just might be the most essential human necessity we all crave and need from one another. And giving dignity is one of the most essential human reasons for being!