Whether you’re watching Kevin Skinner on America’s Got Talent or enjoying the kindness of a trusted neighbor, there are some qualities that calm, inspire and touch our spirit.
These qualities are common in great men from Abraham Lincoln to Mahatma Gandhi. Such people represent ideal human beings, transcending nations, cultures and religions. They are citizens of the world. And as a global race, we have much to learn from their fruitful lives.
Let’s, for a moment, also take a look at history. Centuries before Abraham Lincoln or even Shakespeare, great “men” existed all over the world. They came as saints, prophets and incarnations.
Somehow as years passed, humans identified with only one prophet or messenger of God, failing to imbibe the essence of others. Perhaps it would serve us better to study saints and prophets from around the world, and let their eternal qualities be enjoyed and imbibed in us.