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Bermuda has some very generous and helpful people. People who are always willing to go the extra mile to help someone who may need assistance of kindness and generosity to help ease their situation.

A few people that stand out in my mind are my good friends Caroldey, Yolanda and Victoria, always there for support, sometimes at the inconvenience of themselves to ease someone's burden.

I thank God for people like them; I just wish there were more as they are surely needed.

Most times people have the attitude that it is not their problem - "none of my business so to speak."

They may feel that to assist will bring a hardship unto themselves; hence they turn a blind eye to others in distress.

Yet most people would dare say they are "Christians" which to me means they are following the example of Christ, however their action of turning a blind eye to me is hardly Christ like; they should ask themselves "what would Jesus do?"

Some others would say they are Muslim, yet they turn a blind eye, this again to me, is not the Sunnah, as our dearly beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was the most generous and helpful person that ever walked the earth.

So we must examine ourselves and our actions, if indeed we profess to represent a religion that reaches out to help and assist mankind. I was touched last night as I watched the ZBM news, when Major Doug Lew of the Salvation Army; whilst speaking at the Hamilton Rotary Club, became visibly emotional while reading the creed of the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth. The Salvation Army, where began my humble beginnings and of which my beloved Granny Stubbs was a staunch Salvationist is indeed to our community an exemplary model to follow when it comes to assisting and giving. I believe their motto is "Heart to God, Hand to Man." Imagine, if we all were to follow this motto, what kind of Bermuda would we have?

We are responsible for each other in one way or another. The sooner we realise this the better we will be. Have you ever watched animals or even ants and the way they care for one another when one appears to be in distress - do it one day, it is an interesting observation and solidifies my belief that we are our brother's keeper.

When Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) first received divine revelation, the hadith says that Khadija, his wife, calmed him down when he went to her scared and worried about the event that had just taken place with the angel Gabriel. She told him: "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You unite your relatives and you bear the burden of the weak (of our society). You help the poor and the needy, you are honorable to all guests and you bear harm in the path of truthfulness."

From this we can read between the lines that our dearly beloved Prophet was a man of generosity and assistance to those in need. God would never disgrace a person of generosity and piety.

Yes, these examples shout to me, loud and clear that I am my brother's keeper ... are you?[[In-content Ad]]

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