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Bring Back the Joy --- B B t J . O r g
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IT'S NOT ABOUT ME
In Spring 2000, I was having a hard time with my life. We were undergoing changes at the company. I felt like my job was a thankless task and no one appreciated what I did. Does that sound familiar?--can all you mothers out there relate? Well, to make a long story short, the Holy Spirit put it on my heart that I wasn't really listening to what people were saying. That I was so busy with "me" and "my" that I wasn't paying positive attention to others. And that I really didn't know what they were thinking about me because I wasn't listening to their words. I was astounded at the words I heard the next day. I was thanked for minor things like refilling the paper in the copy machine, I was told how pretty my dress was, and bunches of other things that I cannot remember after three years. I felt smacked that I certainly had been wrong in my assessment that no one liked me. I also had to question how I was treating others. Was I saying positive, complimentary things to my coworkers? I have to admit that the answer was "not most of the time." I've heard that it takes ten positive "strokes" to offset one negative stroke. In other words, if one negative thing happens, it takes ten good thing to counteract that one negative thing. I certainly was being part of darkness instead of bringing light to my friends and coworkers. Self-pity makes us think about ourselves instead of the other person. I've been challenging myself to forget about me. To sincerely act out the Golden Rule; I always learned it as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Matthew 7:12 (NLT) is the scripture that tells us that this idea is the basis of the Old Testament teachings. An email that is "going around" contains Charles Plumb's Parachute Story . This Vietnam War veteran tells a touching story of meeting the man whose dedication to his job saved Charles' life. It is said that we are only three people away from every other person in the world. We don't know how any little thing we do may affect someone else. Sometimes it seems like such a little thing. Charles' story proves that every action may be important. To locate more information about Charles Plumb and his ministry, look up his name in any search engine. So I leave you with this thought? Were you a light in your part of the Kingdom today? |
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