I hope & trust this post finds you all having a great day as a glorious new day begins to dawn on the Texas Gulf Coast! Hope, opportunity and promise abound! There is new love, mercy and grace in this new day! Let's hopefully, expectantly run into this day! :)
This week I am not going to share anything you don't know or that you haven't heard before. The thing is, if we know something and don't act upon it, we are no better than the person who doesn't know. Once we have learned, we can no longer pretend we don't know. At that point it is not a matter of ignorance, it is a matter of choice! :)
I want to respectfully encourage each one of us to focus on building relationships. That's it...to see people and seek to build a relationship with them. It is about genuinely loving people for who they are, to come along side them on their life journey wherever they are and to be a kind, caring, compassionate person to them. We get so caught up in performance stuff that we forget that without people and the relationships we have with them, performance is irrelevant and, in fact, the key to higher performance levels is people feeling loved, valued & appreciated!
So please, recognize the people in your life - whether for a brief moment or for a number of years. Really see them...for who they are. Value them as a person, just like you and I, who has hopes, goals, dreams and fears. Please take the focus off your wants & needs and seek to meet the wants & needs of others. Instead of standing on the soap box of social media trying to prove our worth, let's help others see their infinite worth.
Today, let's pick up the phone and call that relative or friend we have been meaning to call. Let's take 5 minutes to ask someone how they are doing and really listen to the response and then strive to meet any needs that we are able to meet. Let's take our spouses/partners on a date. Let's go play with our kids and let them decide what we do and for how long. Let's put down our phones and sit on a porch and talk. Send a text of encouragement to the person who comes to your mind as you read this sentence. Today, let's focus on people. Let's not worry about whatever measurement(s) of success that exist in our lives and just genuinely love, care for and serve those we are blessed to have in our lives today! :)
Just a few things I want to share with you and let you ponder as you get ready to roll into this day.
One day an expert on Moses' law came to test Jesus' orthodoxy by asking him this question: "Teacher, what does a man need to do to live forever in heaven?"
Jesus replied, "What does Moses' law say about it?"
"It says," he replied, "that you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor just as much as you love yourself."
"Right!" Jesus told him. "Do this and you shall live." - Luke 10: 25-28
"We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson
"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." - Khalil Gibran
Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your family. I will always help you any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.
Have a great day, a wonderful week and please cherish your precious families!
Kev
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