Making a living; Making a life

It’s been said that we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. I have found this to be true of my own life—I benefit personally through generosity and when I forget this lesson my SPIRIT suffers.

Helping others is something you can start doing today, whether it’s spending more time with your family, developing an employee who shows potential, helping people in the community, putting your own desires on hold to benefit your team. Remember the needs of the many far out weigh the needs of the one. The key is to find your purpose and help others while you’re pursuing it.

Have a GREAT and GIVING DAY

Adding Value

Here’s a thought. When people think about you, do they say to themselves, “My life is better because of that person?” To succeed personally, you must try to help others. In fact, I believe that you can get everything in life you want if you help enough other people get what they want.

How can you turn your focus from yourself and start adding value to others—well you can put others first in your thinking, you can find out what others need and then meet that need with generosity and excellence. The very act of giving enlarges you and the blessing you will receive.

Father's Day

Father’s Day is this Sunday so take good care of your father’s, the father of your children, your brothers and any male influence that have assisted in the care and nurturing of children in your family! “Dads” and “Moms” are such precious resources. I miss mine every day and strive to provide the security to my “crumb crushers” that my parents provided to me.

Security is a comfort that allows our children to explore with developing fear. That jest for exploration is the fuel to success that we talk about daily. So to all of you that provide security and nurturing for the next generation, a BIG THANK YOU!

The scorpion and the turtle

Have you heard the parable about the turtle and the scorpion? Once a turtle and a scorpion found themselves stranded on the side of a rising river. The turtle was going to cross the river before the current became too strong. The scorpion asked whether he could ride the turtle’s back across the river. The turtle rightly answered NO! The turtle told the scorpion that he wasn’t crazy and wouldn’t give the scorpion a chance to sting him and kill him.

The scorpion said, “Look, why would I sting you? I will be on your back and if I sting you and you drown, I will drown with you. I don’t want to die so trust me I won’t sting you.” The turtle thought, yeah why would he sting me and kill himself so the turtle agreed and allow the scorpion to climb onto his back.

Halfway across the river, the scorpion stung the turtle on the soft part of his neck. The turtle turned around and asked why the scorpion would do that as the turtle was becoming paralyzed and no longer able to swim. The scorpion simply answered, “That’s what I do; I sting things.” The turtle then answered, “But now we will both die.” The scorpion simply said, “You knew I was a scorpion when you allowed me to climb onto your back”.

Obviously, you can draw many conclusions from this story. What I found interesting is that the turtle allowed calamity into his life by ignoring the obvious! We are in control of what we allow to rule our day – don’t be a turtle and ignore those signs and symptoms that will eventually lead you to negative outcomes. You are the master of your own destiny daily!