Charity and Justice verse pride and arrogance

Charity: Making sure the needs of everyone are taken care of

Justice: Making sure no one is taken advantage of

Two things that get in the way of justice and charity:

1. Arrogance: Thinking you know all
2. Pride: Putting yourself above all others

2 things that help with charity and justice:

1. Humility: Putting other people before yourself and admitting you don't know all
2. Avoiding judgements: Accepting people for what they are

Pride comes before the fall. Those who are exalted become humble. Those who are humble learn not to judge. Then they bring all people together and come up with the best solution to make charity and justice possible.

Judging. Do we judge the homeless? I told my wife that the homeless choose to become homeless. They could easily get a job at McDonalds if they wanted. She disagreed with me.

I said since they choose to be that way, we should NOT give them free food and money offerings because then they'd have incentive to go find work. My wife disagreed with me.

The problem here is that I am judging the poor. Regardless of whether the homeless choose to be that way or not, we should still not judge them and offer our charity. It doesn't have to be money, or a hamburger, it can be something simple like our time or just our ears.

Arrogance: Some of us think we have all the answers and we therefore have no need to hear opinions of others. We are always right. These people may offer charity, but may not provide equal justice.

I'll offer some examples:

1. A doctor who refuses to listen to the opinions of nurses and RTs at the bedside for their opinions and advice. This does neither benefits the patient nor the physician, and does not boost the morale of RTs and RNs. It's arrogance at the expense of justice.

2. A politician who creates policies that force their views on other people. This is arrogance and does not provide for justice nor charity.

3. A judge who rules by their views and opinions and ignores the laws created by the people. This is not justice.

4. Politicians who believe experts in Washington should make decisions for ALL people to follow, regardless of the opinions of the people. In this case, we are assuming these experts are right and know all. They are arrogant. This arrogance comes at the expense of justice and charity.

5. Order sets that create an incentive and even force doctors to treat all patients the same. This decreases individual choice, justice and charity. It also results from arrogance that experts at CMS know what's best for all patients.