The proverb for today is that "Charity begins at home". The lesson here is that one should not neglect the needs of those close to them while taking care of the needs of others. This proverb is often applied to taking care of your own family before going out of your way to help others. I also hear it used when speaking about the needs in other countries and sending financial aid when there are people in need in our own country.
While we certainly should not neglect the needs of our own family and those in our own country we should be willing to help others in need even if they are far away. It seems too easy to go to the opposite extreme of not sending help to another family or to a foreign country expecting that someone else will take care of them.
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