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Just like cutting down a tree, once your words are spoken or your actions are seen, they can’t be taken back. You can be forgiven, but the words will always have been said, and the actions will have been seen. Most of the time I am very careful about how I answer or respond to someone. Particularly if I am aware the person is uncomfortable or difficult. I don’t rush to react or feel pressure to respond. There are those times when I am caught off guard and say or do something I regret. It is during those…
When things stop being all about me, things start to get much better. I don’t have enough time, I have too much going on, I can’t relax, I can’t get organized, I’m tired, I don’t know what to make for dinner, I don’t have time to see my friends, I don’t want to clean the house, I work too much, the kids are driving me crazy, etc. Most of us have experienced some of these thoughts, I have experienced many of them! I find that these thoughts are very unproductive and I work…
I have lived my life focusing on what matters, my faith, my family, and my career, but it was not until I worked as a direct marketing consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics that I fully understood the importance of putting faith first, family second, and career third. Mary Kay Ash lived her life focusing on these priorities; never forcing her beliefs on others. Faith Matters: Although my faith has always been a strong component of my life, I have not always consciously made it my first priority. When I focus on my faith being my first priority, all other things…
Without a doubt, I see outside beauty as do most people. However, outside beauty only keeps my interest when it is backed up with internal beauty. How you treat people: I am most uncomfortable when I am in the presence of people who are not considerate to others. I want to fade out of the environment I am in and escape to a place where others are treated as I would like to be treated. Sometimes it is as simple as being with people who are rude to those serving them, other times it is more long-term as…