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Freedom is beautiful. It provides a space within which the most magnificent dreams can be fulfilled. Freedom is also demanding. Because true freedom cannot exist without vigilant responsibility.
Freedom does not release you from being accountable to life. Freedom enables you to give your own special value to the world in which you live.
Jan 30 2009
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Tags: honesty, integrity, life, success, values
“I don’t subscribe to the thesis, ‘Let the buyer beware,’” said the
late writer Isaac Asimov. “I prefer the disregarded one that goes,
‘Let the seller be honest.’”
Look at the financial problems of today’s world. How many of these
problems were the result of inferior products (dubious mortgages, in
this case) sold to unaware buyers?
Oct 27 2008
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One man who loved the color yellow had yellow carpet, yellow
furniture, yellow drapes, yellow walls and even yellow appliances in
his yellow kitchen. He slept in a yellow bed with yellow covers and
wore yellow pajamas. He got sick. You guessed it … yellow jaundice.
He called a doctor who came to his apartment building. The manager
told him he’d have no trouble finding the right one. “You just go
down the hall and come to a yellow door,” he said. “That’s the one.”
In a few moments the doctor was back. The apartment manager
asked, “Were you able to help him?”
The doctor replied, “Help him! I couldn’t even FIND him!”
I suppose it’s not always a good idea to blend too closely with your
surroundings. And that holds true for the way we think and behave,
too. We may not always want to be like everyone else around us. I
admire those people willing to stand out from the crowd.
People like a Miami mother who came to police and spilled out cash
and coins totaling $19.53. Her young son added another 85 cents to
the little pile. It turns out that, after two days, they were the
only people to return money scooped up from an armored truck that
toppled on an overpass and rained more than half a million dollars
onto the street below. Police said that witnesses reported seeing
rush-hour commuters loading money into their cars and driving off
while the armored truck employees lay bleeding. Police had pleaded
with residents to return the money, but got nothing but laughter
until a mother and a boy came in.
In a world that seemed to think alike, two people had a different
idea. They refused to blend in with those around them. It was as if
they were painted with a different brush. “I have children and I
needed to set a good example,” said the mother of six, who could have
used a little extra cash to supplement her low retail store wage.
Most people talk about values and what they believe to be right and
wrong. But I’ve noticed that our REAL values can be seen by the way
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Sep 08 2008
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He who walks with integrity walks securely,
But he who perverts his ways will become known
(Proverbs 10:9).
Aug 29 2008
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Feeling Our Words
Words Have Weight
Words carry energy and this gives language its power and its potential to heal or hurt. Most of us can remember a time that someone sent a word our way, and it stuck with us. It may have been the first time we received a truly accurate compliment, or the time a friend or sibling called us a name, but either way it stuck. This experience reminds us that what we say has weight and power and that being conscious means being aware of how we use words.
The more conscious we become, the more we deepen our relationship to the words we use so that we speak from a place of actually feeling what we are saying. We begin to recognize that words are not abstract, disconnected entities used only to convey meaning; they are powerful transmitters of feeling. For the next few days, you might want to practice noticing how the words you say and hear affect your body and your emotional state. Notice how the different communication styles of the people in your life make you feel. Also, watch closely to see how your own words come out and what effect they have on the people around you.
You may notice that when we speak quickly, without thinking, or rush to get our ideas across, our words don’t carry the same power
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Aug 14 2008
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Commitment
An excerpt from Walk the Talk
by Eric Harvey and Steve Venture
Think of someone you know who is “a person of good character.” Lock his or her image in your mind. Now take a moment to reflect on the things this person says and does…the personal characteristics that make him or her a role model for you. What comes to mind? What do you see?
Chances are that high on the list of your role model’s qualities is COMMITMENT - the unwavering dedication to being a good family member and friend…to doing his or her best at work and away from the job…to doing what’s right, noble, and decent.
Committed people like your role model just seem to have their heads and hearts in the right place. They keep their priorities straight. They stay focused on what’s important. They know, inherently, that what they believe must drive how they behave - and how they behave ultimately determines the character they possess, the reputation they enjoy, and the legacy they leave.
Abraham Lincoln had this to say about commitment:
COMMITMENT is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the actions which speak louder than the words.
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Aug 01 2008