The Golden Rule

Following his injunction "to do to other whatever you would have them do to you," Jesus tells his followers to "enter through the narrow gate"...which leads to life. (cf. Mt 7:12-14).  Keeping the Golden Rule is not easy, for putting "the other person" ahead of us, or at least treating him or her as we would want them to treat us, demands and fosters a sacrifice of my wants, my will, my way, a price that goes against our natural inclination to self-gratification and a sense of entitlement learned at an early age at home, and fostered by the affluence in which we live. We're not used to hearing "no" said to us, and least of all, do we say it to ourselves. In giving of ourselves to others, in treating them as we would like them to treat us, however, we find its reward more gratifying than we could have brought on by indulging ourselves.  The narrow gate is difficult and not everyone finds their way through it, but it is certainly THE way to go.
Bro. Rene