I enjoyed your post and am in agreement with you when you spoke of 'a good, deep belly laugh'. Oh how we all need it, everyday. Laughter is one of the greatest, free gifts we have and can give. We have a saying, 'taking bad things and making a joke of it'. We have to laugh more at ourselves... at others... my friends know I'm going to take things they say to me and make some kind of joke of it. I love to laugh, but sadly don't do that too often.
Remember rule number 6... I'm sure a lot of people will be adopting that rule. It is absolutely on point... You know, it really does us no good to focus on the 'big' void out there that we may not be in a position to do anything about when there is a void right under our noses that we can do something to alleviate. It does make more sense to tackle that, doesn't it?
I wish you 'nuff' success.
Katie Ross's take on Wk 3's reading--
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012
Wk3 Reading: Up, Up, & Away!
I’m not sure that I believe that we are all leaders. I do think we have the ability to make a difference in people. We can easily do this just by being nice and being opened minded to the fact that we don’t know all the hardships that we all have in our lives. We listen to people by opening our ears and really paying attention to what each one of us is telling each other. Sometimes we get so carried away in ourselves that we have a hard time stepping out and really paying attention to the people around us.
Rule number 6, I think is going to become my saying to myself. Sometimes at work I get so absorb in the task at hand or what needs to be discussed, that in a meeting I get upset when the meeting gets side tracked and people start telling jokes. I need to obey rule number 6. After reading this chapter I promised myself that when these types of situation pop up during my meetings to laugh with my team instead of look annoyed. We can all use a good deep belly laugh everyday and I need to start taking advantage of all the ones that are presented in front of my. So Rule number 6 welcome to my life!
I do a good job of being content with the way things are and also knowing when it’s time to push to make things better. I have a very positive outlook on life so it’s very hard for me to focus on the negative. Sometimes after watching documentaries about food and the earth I can sometimes feel “ well I can’t make a difference” but my positive attitude always speaks to my brain and reminds that sometimes one person can make a difference. Sometimes we have to settle because we can’t change the situation and that doesn’t mean lowering expectations to me. To me that means just stepping back and focusing my energy on something that I can make better.
I express my passions by talking, breathing, and being a walking example of them. I think it’s great not to care about some things and to just let go and let the universe do it’s job. I find that when I give something up to the universe it always does the right thing for that situation.
Just a reminder to stop and smell the flowers!
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I enjoyed your post and am in agreement with you when you spoke of 'a good, deep belly laugh'. Oh how we all need it, everyday. Laughter is one of the greatest, free gifts we have and can give. We have a saying, 'taking bad things and making a joke of it'. We have to laugh more at ourselves... at others... my friends know I'm going to take things they say to me and make some kind of joke of it. I love to laugh, but sadly don't do that too often.
Remember rule number 6... I'm sure a lot of people will be adopting that rule. It is absolutely on point... You know, it really does us no good to focus on the 'big' void out there that we may not be in a position to do anything about when there is a void right under our noses that we can do something to alleviate. It does make more sense to tackle that, doesn't it?
I wish you 'nuff' success.
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012
Wk3 Reading: Up, Up, & Away!
Picture from Creative Commons.