James Malinchak's Give Pebbles To Acquire Boulders

Written By Admin on Senin, 08 April 2013 | 01.15

By Stanton Harper


The greatest thing you can do in life is to give to others, and to do it for no other reason but to serve them. By the way, serving them is not always about money. Simply giving of your time will make the biggest difference to someone. You might not have hours of time to give, but even a minute to give a smile to someone who may be having a bad day could mean the world. You never know, it might change their life, and it may even save their life. You can make all the difference in the world to others just by giving them your shoulder to cry on when they needed it most. Therefore, you have to figure out on a case by case basis what you could do to serve others.

I went to see a speaker many years ago who changed my life. As he stood on stage with a pebble and a boulder he said, "Be careful of your words because you never know how those words will be received by someone." Then he picked up the pebble, dropped it on the stage and said, "You might think that your words are being received like a pebble, just a small bum-bump. Not a big deal. But to others," he said as he picked up the big boulder and dropped it with a loud BOOM, "they may receive it like a boulder." We can't know how they'll receive any message we offer without asking, and even then they might not tell us the truth.

If you always choose to be positive in your words, then you automatically make the situation for betterment of the world. Even though, we think are negative words are small and insignificant like a people. Again, we don't know if somebody will hear these negative words as a boulder. This boulder might the be weight that holds them down forever. Powerful, our words are that powerful. We're not necessarily responsible for how others choose to hear our words, however, we're responsible for what we choose to put out. If you know it might be perceived negatively, then we should likely hold our words. At the same time, occasionally our actions can speak for us rather than our words, particularly when we don't know what to say.

There are simple gestures we can do in life. We can give a simple smile to someone or say things like, "Hey I believe in you" or "You're going to make it through this tough time" or "Can I give you a hug and let you know that I care about you?" You may think those are small things, but when you give words of support to someone, it will enrich that person's life. Sometimes that kind word or small gesture could possibly be the biggest encouragement boulder that they have ever received. That might even be the turning point in their life that pulls them out of a tough time.

When you give, you may think you're giving in a small way and your words are as light as a pebble. But to others, you are enriching them in a big, "boulder" kind of way and that makes you special. Choose to enrich others in the world by handing out pebbles everyday. Better yet, give them sand. Give them the sand that fills in the cracks between the pebbles. This will act as a support system stronger then you could ever imagine. Therefore, you are giving them the power to be resilient and self sufficient on their own by boosting their self esteem and personal power.




About the Author:



0 komentar:

Posting Komentar