Ask yourself: “What do your neighbours need most these days?” Could you answer this question? Honestly, I can’t. Even though I was taught to love my neighbours so many times. I even own clothes with this sentence printed on them, but I don’t know what my neighbors truly need. Why? Because I barely see them or talk to them. Swiss people can live in the same building but never really interact with each other. Isn’t that crazy? I love my nation – but in some areas, we have potential to grow. 😉 

If I want to love my neighbours, I have to get to know them. 

For this quarantine season, (let’s assume this crazy time isn’t over too soon and call it a season) we hung up a paper at the door of our building to offer help. Some other neighbours enlisted themselves as well. This way, if anybody in our building needs assistance they can contact us. 

But why do we have to experience an epidemic to care about the needs of our neighbours? Our real next door neighbours. Let’s wake up and learn and make a difference. 

Have you thought about your neighbours lately? What could you do to help and care for them?

I want to remind my future self to get to know my neighbours and care for them. 

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