Fine. I’ll humor you.
Today is the day to do one of these
actions. You have read them. You have liked them. You have even used the word love to describe how you feel about a
couple of them. But you really haven’t
been doing them.
This is key, my friends. Reading about them might make you feel good
(and maybe even a little guilty now and then, I know…sorry about that), but you
really have to do them to make a difference in your life and in the lives of
the people around you.
Many of you have written to me privately
to share where are you are with the actions, where you have had great joy and
successes and where you feel challenged. I am writing out loud so that all of
you can hear me say…just do it! Please, please, please, please, please.
You will find a difference when you stop
making excuses and just do them.
I remember about twenty years ago (yes, I was merely a kid) I had a volunteer who was in his fifties, had a wife, a big job, two kids and did more than his part in the community. He called me one day to ask me to help out with something. I told him that I was too busy. Oops.
Again…he was in his fifties, had a wife, a big job, two kids and did more than his part in the community. I was single, lived with some really fun girlfriends, worked as an event planner and usually went home around 4:00pm during the week, didn’t have any animals (not even a goldfish) and probably made Lean Cuisines for dinner most nights. But I was too busy.
He stopped everything he was doing and said to me, “Tina, you have all of the time in the world. What you do with it depends on what is important to you.” Gulp. Needless to say, I helped him out and learned a big lesson that day. I don’t have to be all things to all people, but I have all of the time in the world to do what is important for the people I love and for myself.
What about you? Are you too busy to make a big difference by
doing a little something?
Don’t answer
that just yet.
If you are anything like me, you need
reminders and you need things to be spelled out for you sometimes. So, this is not meant to offend or guilt you into anything, but rather
to be helpful. I mean really, most of us are so hard on ourselves that we walk around feeling guilty about something most of the time. So let me say it kind of clearly...this is not a guilt trip. This is an if-you-really-feel-like-you-want-to-do-these-actions-then-just-do-them thing.
Following are the actions
that have been posted. My challenge to
you today is to pick one that you haven’t done and do it. I know, I know, you don’t have time right
now. That’s okay.
There’s always tomorrow…at least, we hope
there’s always tomorrow.
But why
wait? Today is the day.
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