Dimming Another's Light Does Not Make You Shine

 Love

Have you ever encountered a person that has to beat you down in order uplift themselves? Can you recall how that made you feel?

You see love in the purest notion would never downplay another in order esteem itself. The only time we should decrease ourselves is to become more like Christ. John 3:30 says "He must become greater; I must become less."

Love Over Ego

"When your focus and the motives of your actions are centered around impressing others you begin to inflate a (n) ego within yourself that actually will end with you pushing others away; on the contrary, when you are about love you humble yourself and create avenues in which others may get closer to you… Through love we build each other up and exalt one another, when we are about knowledge we leave others behind and create a (n) atmosphere of me, myself and I…" Excerpts from Knowledge Puffs Up; Love Builds Up...

Learn to Build Others Up

Becoming a Minimalist offers Ten Simple Ways to Build Each Other Up

Guess What Is Most Important?

"Love. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails … And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13, NIV). Building up a person with the 9 ways mentioned is only made effective when done so together with love. Care for your loved ones how you would want to be cared for. Build up one another how you would like to be inspired. As a result, you will move up to a whole new level of breakthroughs in life." Excerpt from Ten Simple Ways to Build Each Other Up