Author: Anne

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DISARM HOSTILITY

DEER meaning... Be gentle with yourself and others.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

REFLECTION:

  • Everyone has a backstory…be it a co-worker, boss, family member, friend or enemy. There is no excuse for bad behavior but staying calm, soft-hearted and gentle may be a better way to be. More often than not, the person snapping is in need of compassion and loving kindness even if it seems they are the least to deserve it.  
  • Is it possible the person being unkind, disrespectful is really unhappy and suffering from low self-worth?
  • Find out their back story…
  • Try kindness.

COULD BE… SHOULD BE

Treat a man AS HE IS, and he will REMAIN as he is.  Treat a man as he COULD BE or SHOULD BE and he will become who he COULD BE OR SHOULD BE.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

REFLECTION:

  • Who are the people who made a difference in your life?
  • Did they believe in you – even when you doubted yourself?
  • Do you believe the best in others?
  • How can you bring out the best in someone today?

YOU’RE RIGHT!

Are you going up or down the stairs?

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.

Quote by Henry Ford

REFLECTION:

  • What mindset and beliefs do you hold that are impacting your life?
  • Do you believe in yourself?
  • What doubts do you have about yourself?
  • Is there a “self-fulfilling” prophecy leading to your current way of living?
  • Do you need a “reset” in your thinking/beliefs?  Explore…