Part of the problem is the eggshells.
We’ve laid them out around ourselves and become worried about stepping on those that others have laid around themselves.
Some of us (all of us at one time or another) have forgotten our interdependence and obligation to other people. We’ve put ourselves (our comfort, our hearts, our minds) at the center of our universe (our universe?).
I want to encourage you to Love Your People.
Who are your people? Everyone who’s important to you… your family… your friends… your colleagues… your customers, patients, team, students. These are your people (and you’re theirs).
And love? It’s care.
And care? It’s attention and contribution (what you give, what you do). It’s kindness, patience, generosity, and truth. It’s encouraging, apologetic, forgiving, and thankful.
We’ve let too much get between us (each other) and the reasons we’re here. We’ve allowed ourselves to slip into a state of busy distraction – seeking the complex instead of embracing the simple. It’s time to stop going through the motions with our days (hours, minutes). We need to give more and enjoy more.
"The meaning of love is not to be confused with some sentimental outpouring. Love is something much deeper than emotional bosh."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American civil rights leader
"How do I love my people?"
You know how.
"But specifically. How?"
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Ralph J. says:
There is no power greater than the power of love. It is the life-giving force behind all that is right and all that is good in the lives we touch and the life we live. Certainly greater than eggshells.
21 October 2011
Karen says:
Thanks for taking it on this subject. Somewhere we have overlooked what was handed down to us from long ago:
1st Corinthians (NIV) Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
16 September 2011
shaun price says:
fear not death, for the sooner we die, the longer we will be immortal……….victory and success
10 August 2011
Cynthia Allison says:
All things come to us in PERFECT timing!! And I needed this!! Thank you so much…
17 October 2010
Kristi Church says:
Sam! You are RIGHT DEAD ON!!
I’ve recently written something very similar–it’s definitely about loveing your people heart to heart with ernest sincerity.
Keep up the great work!
Kristi
12 October 2010