In Doing So You Will Profit

Comfort the despairing. You yourself will not escape the temptations of discouragement within the circles of struggle.

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Lift the fallen. You do not know where your own feet will stumble.

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Extend your hand to those who in need of support. Your day for receiving cooperation will arrive.

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Help the sick. Your own soul is not using an invulnerable body.

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Make an effort to understand the less enlightened companion. Know that you do not always have the necessary means for understanding as could be desired.

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Be sympathetic towards the unfortunate. The sky will not always be sunny for you.

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Be tolerant and patiently help the ignorant. Remember that there are Sublime Spirits that tolerate us and help us with heroic kindness.

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Console the downhearted. You cannot foresee the surprises of your own destiny.

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Help the offender with your good thoughts. He teaches us how hostile and disagreeable we are when we hurt someone else.

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Be kind to those dependent upon you. Do not forget that Christ himself was compelled to obey.

XAVIER, Francisco Cândido. Christian Agenda. By the Spirit André Luiz. Great Britain: Allan Kardec Publishing Ltd, 1998. Chapter 15.