How should i act?!

When our days are done here on earth and we are summoned up stairs to the heavenly courts, the first question asked of us is:"How did you conduct business?" or "were you honest with people?"

From this we can incur that the utmost importance element in our actions or deeds here is not about our relationship with G-d,or our love or devotion to the holy one but how we are with other people!


The world today is a small global village! When we hear bad news we somehow all feel the pain and are negatively affected and of course when we hear good news we are happy and feel positive! My actions affect the world and thus i choose to do good! For example, if i smoke a cigarette and walk down the street then my message to people of the world is:"look at me, smoking is cool, i do not care about the health hazards associated with it, i think everyone should smoke too!' or the story of the person on a boat and is feeling depressed and so he wants to puncture a hole and end his life.
But, there are other people on this boat and so not only is he taking himself down but others with him.
Perhaps, i;m getting ahead of myself here, but all i;m saying is think before you act!

This entire topic reminds me of Elvis! Elvis was a gentle soul, cared about people, his fans and was sensitive to pain and suffering. I heard through Larry Geller that Elvis actually cried over the suffering in this world and it bothered him immensely that he was powerless to do much about it! None the less, Elvis showed compassion to towards the sick, poor and was a giving man!