The Templeton Plan: Step 15

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner:

1. What do these ideas really mean?
2. How do they apply to my own life?
3. How can I use their meaning in achieving success?

Step 15: Loving As The Essential Ingredient

• 99% of people mean well when you encounter them or vice versa. Understanding that all your daily relationships should be out of agape love (unconditional love) then you will understand people. Only when you experience this true love towards people and speaking to them based on their potential, not their current circumstances,  you will succeed. 
• You never can tell the depth of the well by the length of the handle of the pump. Just because they may look, act, or interact differently doesn't mean they don't mean well. Before you judge someone on their appearance, voice, or personality and even actions consider their point of view and try to understand and love them unconditionally.
• Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Do this to everyone because there are people out there who don't particularly like you. But that doesn't mean you can't love them.

Points to Consider: 

Step 15 teaches us:

1. That it is easy to love our friends. The hard job is loving our enemies, and yet that is the goal we must pursue if we are to make loving the essential ingredient in our lives.
2. That we must allow ourselves to love ourselves. All love for others radiates outward from within.
3. That we must practice kindness and patience with others to begin to glimpse our common humanity.
4. That it is the successful and happy person who is willing to risk reaching out to others.