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How you do anything is how you do everything.
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This statement sucker punches me. Oh, it don't take much. All I have to do is to look around, my home, my "office", my gardening... and such...and see what all it is I don't do ... and for whatever reason - that is all that I hear. The negative side of those words. The connotation that I don't do anything well.
Letting these words sink in a bit...
I'm coming to terms that if I'm not impressed with my "anything"... its time to make me some changes.
However... the greater word, I need to hear and or preach to myself... is GRACE!!!
Grace doesn't mean that you give up caring...
Grace doesn't meant that you give up, as in- "oh well".
Grace means... to see the changes that you are doing; that they are better than before. By degrees, we see that there are changes happening and we celebrate.
I will allow the phrase ,"how I do anything is how I do everything", to challenge me and convict me to change...allowing growth.
Why did I title this post - adding value?
Adding value in this case simply encourages my heart. It is something I've been pondering, here of late. Its an area where I want to grow. To add value to others. Adding value whenever we meet, whenever we chat... whenever we're together. And... I believe...it starts with me; with myself. If I want to be a better friend and to in turn feel valued by others... than I need to start by doing. I go about with that thought in mind... How can I add value to this person that I'm about to encounter?
I start by a simple smile and an encouraging word - maybe even throw in a hug or two. I don't know that it will always be received and that is on that person... but somehow I believe I can make a difference.
How I do anything... a simple smile and encouraging word, even to myself... is how I do everything... a contagious expression of a heart at peace and full of joy - will then extend and be a blessing to others.
May you have a blessed day!!
