DIG YOUR WELL BEFORE YOU'RE THIRSTY

It’s never too late to start building and maintaining relationships; start now before that crisis or need.

It begins with helping others before asking for help.

Be proactive; make introductions; share information - without expecting immediate returns.

This is what my high school peer Mark Rogers has been doing for the past 40 years.

He recently took a severe fall while helping a neighbor and suffered a punctured lung, broken clavicle with internal injuries to liver, kidney, and spine.

Now his community is rallying to his aid and has already raised over $12,000 in financial aid to support him during his recovery.

He didn’t ask for this help; his network wants to help - including friends that he hasn’t talked to in 40 years.

This is the Golden Rule in action: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 7:12).