"Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name."
The titles we hold in others' lives - spouse, parent, child, friend, significant other, mentor, mentee - come with great responsibility. You have to be supportive and challenge your loved ones to grow.
Many people think that disagreement automatically means you're being unsupportive or confrontational, but sometimes it can be an awesome way to challenge someone to look at something in a new way.
Betchya never thought disagreement could be awesome? Lol.
Mar 20, 2015
#429: Live (Friday, March 20)
"My mother told me, 'Don't wait too long,' and I'm glad I didn't wait too long," Benmosche told Liu. "She said, 'Live your life when you're healthy enough to live it.'"
We all have parents and some of us are parents ourselves. Most parents work hard so that their kids can have opportunities they didn't.
So one of the best ways you can be awesome to your parents live voraciously. Do things, go places and experience all that life has to offer and squeeze every drop out of it. Show them that their sacrifices were worth it.
And kids learn by watching their parents, so if you're a parent, be awesome to your kids and live so they'll have a great example to follow.
We all have parents and some of us are parents ourselves. Most parents work hard so that their kids can have opportunities they didn't.
So one of the best ways you can be awesome to your parents live voraciously. Do things, go places and experience all that life has to offer and squeeze every drop out of it. Show them that their sacrifices were worth it.
And kids learn by watching their parents, so if you're a parent, be awesome to your kids and live so they'll have a great example to follow.
Mar 13, 2015
#428: A Second Chance (Friday, March 13)
There are some people and situations that you need to do away with for good. There are others that maybe you did away with too quickly.
How do you decide? Sometimes life helps you make the decision - something happens that makes you realize that what you were fighting over wasn't as big a deal as you initially thought. But sometimes you have to make the decision yourself.
Give someone a second chance, before life makes the decision for you.
How do you decide? Sometimes life helps you make the decision - something happens that makes you realize that what you were fighting over wasn't as big a deal as you initially thought. But sometimes you have to make the decision yourself.
Give someone a second chance, before life makes the decision for you.
Mar 6, 2015
#427: In Lieu of Thanks (Friday, March 6)
When you're awesome to someone, they may not always appreciate, acknowledge or even remember your kindness. It may be disappointing and hurtful, and you may be tempted to discontinue future kindnesses to someone who you perceive as ungrateful. Fight the urge and be awesome anyway. Kindness is its own reward.
I've always liked this excerpt from the The Message version of the bible. It's based on Matthew 6:
1 "Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don't make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won't be applauding. 2 "When you do something for someone else, don't call attention to yourself. You've seen them in action, I'm sure - 'play actors' I call them - treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that's all they get. 3 When you help someone out, don't think about how it looks. 4 Just do it - quietly and unobtrusively. That's the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
I've always liked this excerpt from the The Message version of the bible. It's based on Matthew 6:
1 "Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don't make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won't be applauding. 2 "When you do something for someone else, don't call attention to yourself. You've seen them in action, I'm sure - 'play actors' I call them - treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that's all they get. 3 When you help someone out, don't think about how it looks. 4 Just do it - quietly and unobtrusively. That's the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
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