Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
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Peter Drucker once said, “It is easier to come up with new ideas than it is to…let go of the old ones.” I couldn’t agree more! That comfort zone is…well, pretty comforting for all of us.
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What are some of the secrets to taking risks and turning problems into new
Mar 05 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: beauty, bliss, bride, caring, cheerfulness, christmas, diamonds, employee, eyes, focus, genuine, gift, gratitude, happiness, helpfulness, home, inspiration, interest, jewelry, job, joy, kindness, laughter, lesson, life, love, memories, moment, money, present, ring, sale, smiles, spirit, surprise, task, thankfulness, thoughtfulness, token, wife, work
Because Nice Matters
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When I was 20 and still in college, I worked for a large chain
store where jewelry was their main product.
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At Christmas time, it was understood that when the jewelry
department got busy, and because that’s where the greatest
margin of profit was, that all available employees were to help
with sales in the jewelry ‘pit’.
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We were all trained to work the counters, but we got a minimum
percentage of commission compared to the regular salespeople’s
salary and commissions. This one evening, the customers were
three deep all around the four sides of the jewelry counters.
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One by one we served the customers and it finally got to a
manageable group in about two hours. Some of my co-workers were
tired and wanted to go back to their departments. Some were
allowed to leave, but I was asked to stay and finish helping our
customers find the jewelry that they were shopping for.
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As I was just about to walk my current customer to the registers
so that she could checkout, I caught sight of a VERY large man
in just filthy overalls.
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He was muddy and he smelled!
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When I returned to the sales counter, all of the other college
students that were there working were whispering and giggling
and not very discreetly.
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I asked them what they were whispering about. And they pointed
to the man at my section of the counter. I told them not to be
so mean. He might be able to hear them. I told them to have the
Christmas spirit and be nice. Because Nice matters.
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They were still giggling as I went to see how I could help him.
When I got to him, he really did smell. It was pretty bad, but
I figured he really wanted something as he had waited a long
time. He thanked me for coming to him and asked to see a
$40,000 aquamarine and diamond ring in the case.
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Gasps and more giggles exploded from my co-workers when they
Posted: under "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT".
Tags: burden, cross, exam, food, lesson, life, lifestyle, lifetime, load, man, others, quiz, school, test, thought, weight, woman
“In school you get the lesson and then take the test …
In life you take the test and then get the lesson.”
Jun 20 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: action, aid, beauty, bliss, caring, charity, contribution, day, donation, earth, family, flag, gift, global, globe, God, gratitude, happiness, heart, honesty, inspiration, joy, land, language, lesson, life, listening, love, others, parable, patience, patient, present, roots, scripture, seed, seeds, soil, thankfulness, thought, universe, words
Earth Day… April 22, 2009
Earth Day Flag
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When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: “A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture. Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen!” Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that ‘looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand.’ “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and
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Apr 22 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
Tags: abundance, acceptance, appreciation, balance, blessings, cycle, encouragement, energy, example, feelings, food, generosity, gift, giving, God, gratitude, heart, learning, lesson, love, mind, nurturing, quotes, receiving, thought, universe, world
Acceptance As Giving
Allowing Ourselves To Receive
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Giving and receiving are part of the same cycle, and we each give and receive in our own ways. But we can lose our balance when we try to be too controlling on either side of the cycle. On the receiving end, we may feel that we don’t deserve the effort made if what we gave was easy for us to give. But perhaps there is a different lesson there for us. We may be receiving not only gratitude, but a chance to see the world through the eyes of another. We may be learning that just because we gave easily, it doesn’t diminish its value. Or perhaps the universe is giving us an example to hold close to our hearts, to encourage us on some future day when our own generous act of giving is not met with a visible act of receiving. When we can allow ourselves to receive as well as give, we do our part to keep the channels of abundance open for ourselves and others.
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Sometimes we may find ourselves struggling to respond to others’ gifts in the same ways—like responding to an expensive present with something equally expensive, or feeling like we have to throw a dinner party for someone who has thrown one for us. But
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Apr 21 2009
Posted: under "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", Advice & Tips, Inspirational Poetry.
Tags: advice, age, anxiety, blessings, burden, challenge, character, courage, cross, depression, desire, difference, era, fulfillment, goodness, gratitude, growth, history, improvement, inspiration, learning, lesson, life, lifestyle, lifetime, load, man, might, opportunities, opportunity, others, pain, period, positive, power, Professor, setbacks, strength, stress, struggles, success, teacher, teaching, thankfulness, time, tips, trials, tribulation, troubles, tutor, value, values, wealth, weight, woman, worries
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
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Be thankful when you don’t know something.
For it gives you the opportunity to learn
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Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
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Be thankful for your limitations.
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.
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Apr 20 2009
