The Root of the Matter
“Forgiveness that covers only part of the wrong, is like two fingers given in a handshake.” - Wells.
It is all but impossible for me to remember the number of times I have been confronted with someone who claimed they had forgiven another for some perceived personal wrong and yet they still harbored some hidden minor ill feelings over the matter. Forgiveness of this kind isn’t forgiveness at all.
If you break off the root of ill feelings leaving some behind in your thoughts and emotions the opportunity is there for those feelings to grow again into an inhibiting pattern of interaction with the person in question and others related to the matter.
True forgiveness is a clean break that leaves nothing behind.
Seek to forgive others for perceived transgressions that they may not even be aware of and make certain that your forgiveness doesn’t have any lingering hidden conditions or roots of ill feeling.
You will be able to move on with your life and won’t have a multitude of emotional strings tied to past people, events and feelings.
Making the world a better place starts by making yourself a better person.
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10 Golden Rules of Business
Having difficulty establishing contact and rapport with your customer base or coworkers? Be especially diligent not to break any of the following rules of quality business patterns.
1. Taking ethics for granted. You need then, should have them and must refine them.
2. Having hidden agendas. This dilutes the ability to commit yourself fully to the matter at hand and is often sensed by others around you.
3. Being self-centered. To grow you must expand into the world of others. Self-centered people are trapped in a delusional prison of their own making where fair is always heavily slanted their way.
4. Refusing to change. Plants change as they grow and so must people. Unfold and bloom.
5. Being lord and master of all. If you cannot truly delegate responsibility you will not be able to leverage your thoughts or efforts.
6. Give more than you get. The person who cannot spare a cup of water to the thirsty stranger will be pressed to ever call that stranger a friend or customer.
7. Be approachable. If you are always hidden within a protective world of position and authority it will be difficult to foster the interaction or loyalty of others.
8. Be positive. I know this may sound simplistic, but if you are always focused on the negative side you will rarely see the positive, or potential and opportunity.
9. The sword cuts both ways. If you are continually slashing out at the people around you it is a safe bet they are stabbing you in the back.
10. Prove yourself. Don’t just tell people you are willing or going to do something, show them.
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Crossing Moments in Time
There are some things that need to be taken care of now and not later. You never know when you may not get the chance again.
One of the most important is telling someone else how you feel.
People and the circumstances and events that surround them are the substance and motion of much of your living experience and memories. Without them your life would be a dull stagnant process of getting up, being awake and then going to sleep again.
Even the people you don’t really care for enhance your life. Years later you find that someone you may have intensely disliked actually added quite a bit of color to your life in those often uncomfortable moments.
I make it a routine weekly, almost daily to tell someone how I appreciate their presence and influence in my life. This isn’t a soul searching confession, but rather just a momentary celebration of two lives coming together during the living experience.
Two lives crossing paths is such an important part of living that it should not go unnoticed.
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10 Ways to Show Family Love
It’s still there. It’s just seems to be hidden under the busy schedules and the demands of the living experience. What I’m referring to is family love. Part of the living experience that is vital to happiness.
Parents love their children they just don’t have a lot of free time to show it. Children love their parents, but their focus is shattered by the onslaught from the newest distractions of technology.
Here are 10 simple ways to extend family love.
- Do something for a family member without them having to ask.
- Support family members even if you don’t agree with them.
- Put love and support of family above personal desire.
- Be a close friend if you see signs of trouble.
- Be an emotional rock in times of grief.
- Always listen to a person’s feelings.
- Love everyone unconditionally.
- Endure children with a smile.
- Clean up behind yourself.
- Keep your promises.
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10 Ways to Help a Friend
Ever see someone you cared for or worked with slowly collapse into a state of social or emotional ruin? Perhaps you wished there had been something you could have done.
It is not a question of changing someone else, but rather a realization that you must change in order to influence the world to change.
Here are 10 empowering things you can do to make certain friends and family members don’t stumble down a rocky path.
- Be closer - don’t hold friends and family at a distance.
- Pay attention - watch for warning signs of stress.
- Improve communication - learn how they think.
- Be supportive - give of your time and self.
- Honor their privacy - keep things mum.
- Listen to body language - not words.
- Share from the heart - be sincere.
- Be empathetic - learn to care.
- Be willing to say- enough!
- Don’t give in - be strong.
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