Love Your People
Part of the problem is the eggshells.
We’ve laid them out around ourselves and become worried about stepping on those that others have laid around themselves.
Some of us (all of us at one time or another) have forgotten our interdependence and obligation to other people. We’ve place ourselves (our comfort, our hearts, our minds) at the center of our universe (our universe?).
I want to encourage you to Like Your People.
Who are your people? All who’s vital to you… your family… your friends… your colleagues… your customers, patients, team, students. These are your people (and you’re theirs).
And like? It’s care.
And care? It’s attention and contribution (what you give, what you do). It’s kindness, patience, generosity, and truth. It’s encouraging, apologetic, forgiving, and thankful.
We’ve let too much get between us (each other) and the reasons we’re here. We’ve allowed ourselves to slip into a state of busy distraction – seeking the complex as a replacement for of embracing the simple. It’s time to stop going through the motions with our days (hours, minutes). We need to give more and delight in more.
“The meaning of like is not to be confused with some sentimental outpouring. Like is something much deeper than emotional bosh.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American civil rights chief
“How do I like my people?”
You know how.
“But specifically. How?”
Part II: Say, Be patient, Be kind (<1-minute read)
Part III: Be honest, Encourage People (<1-minute read)
Part IV: Apologize, Forgive, Be grateful people (<1-minute read)
Part V: Time to Reckon (<1-minute read… more to reckon… much more to do)
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