Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce
It’s been a few months since I’ve posted anything on here, but I received an interesting couple of messages over the past week that really got me to thinking, and thus, prompted this post! They were messages from people I know but don’t really have much correspondence with on a daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly basis. To me, their messages were completely random and unexpected. To them, they had been thinking about sending me something for months. Their messages were basically sent to thank me for writing these posts and for the things I share on Facebook and Twitter. If you think about it, it almost seems a little silly, but in reality it’s evidence of how profound everything we do can be.
And all I was doing was living my life and being myself. Trying my hardest to make myself better every day. Doing my best to leave everyone’s day I come in contact with better for having me been a part of it.
This reminds me of part of a quote – “And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”
Are you giving the people around you the courage to be their best?
The thing that I think too many people forget is that who you are affects EVERYONE around you. But do you ever stop to reflect on who the hell you actually are? With all your good qualities but also with all your faults? Who are you? How do you impact the people around you? For me, I am constantly evaluating how I treat other people. Could I have said or done something that would have made a more positive impact on the interactions I had with someone? Is there something about me that I need to work on? What are my best qualities? What are my worst qualities?
How can I be better so I can, in turn, make everyone around me better?
At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what other people think about you – but what they think can still be used as a point of reflection about yourself. Ultimately the people who recognize you for all the good you bring to their life will appreciate it and thank you for it. For those who just want to point out all your mistakes or short-comings, well, let them suffer in their own world of self-imposed misery. As long as you can say that you did your best today, well, that’s all you can do.
As Christmas (and the holiday season for non-Christmas celebrating people) fast approaches, take a moment to think about the people who make your life better… and thank them.
Feliz Navidad!
(Chad)
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