Look Also to the Interests of Others

📝Reflection

Paul does not say to ignore your own affairs entirely. He says look to your own, but "also" to others'—widen your view just a little. The Greek skopeo means to watch attentively, as one aims at a target. We mostly stare only at the target of our own problems. Yet lift your gaze for a moment to look beside you, and there is someone struggling as much as you, right there. When I feel only my own load is heavy, in truth everyone is walking under a load of their own.