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TWO RULES OF LIFE

FDR Memorial in Washington DC

TWO RULES OF LIFE by Mark Batterson

 Everyone is my superior in some way in that I learn from them.
Everyone is fighting a battle I know nothing about, in that I empathize with them.

Quote by Mark Batterson Author, Minister  Learn more: https://www.markbatterson.com

REFLECTION:

  • Do you see others as “superior” to you in that you they have something to teach you?
  • Do you have empathy for others – knowing everyone is fighting some kind of battle?
  • What are your rules for living?

AND LOVE ALWAYS WINS!

Hurt people hurt people. But, luckily, healed people heal others.  Safe people, shelter others. Free spirits, free others.  Enlighten people, illuminate others.

AND LOVE ALWAYS WINS!

FROM:  The Oracle Reads You – blog

REFLECTION:

  • A reminder… hurt people hurt people.  We need to remember this when someone is lashing out.  It is also helpful to know healed people heal others.
  • Do you offer healing for others? Shelter for others? Freedom for others? Illumination for others?
  • What can you do to be more loving today or offer healing or shelter for another?

IN SEARCH OF COMPETENCE

Pileated woodpecker pecking for food and possibly a home... they chip out multiple locations in search of home

Learning is about becoming incompetent on our way to getting better.  If you’re not open to the tension that is caused by knowing you could do better, it’s unlikely you’re willing to do the work to get better.  As you’re doing that work, there’s the satisfaction it brings, but also the knowledge that just a moment ago, you weren’t any good.

FROM: Seth Godin’s Daily Blog.

REFLECTION:

  • Are you willing to try new things? 
  • How willing are you to risk being “incompetent” to learn?
  • Imagine the satisfaction from being able to do something that you thought you couldn’t or showed improvement by risk and action.
  • Try something new…