I pray that I speak with kindness
The power of our words is directly affecting the results we create in our life. While it is important to speak with kindness, this is a habit that develops naturally when we are centered in love. However, you can be kind and speak with love – BUT if you do not honour your words or the commitments you make, it demonstrates lack of respect and integrity! You really just spoke a lie – ‘a lie with kindness and love’.
It’s one thing to say something…
it’s another thing to actually do it!
How many times you have someone tell you “I’ll call you”?
… and they never do.
How many times someone throws at you the oh-so common invitation “If you ever come to XYZ city, call us – we’ll get together”?
… and then you call and they don’t seem that ‘warm’.
Or I’m sure you’ve heard this one before: “Let’s get together sometime”!
… and they never follow up on their suggestion.
Possibly you’ve experienced that a friend you’re trying to help all of a sudden simply chooses to ‘disappear’.
… they don’t call you or email you – not even to say “I’m ok, thank you for your care”.
Also, in your day-to-day life, how many people do you have on a ‘to-follow-up-with’ list?
… You know that unless you stay on the ball, you’ll never hear from them again!
Truly, how much time is wasted in YOUR life because of others not showing up? And in the same breath – you may be the one not showing up?!?
What a world we live in! No wonder why people don’t trust anyone anymore! On many occasions I’ve experienced people being blown away because I called them when I said I would. Isn’t that part of love? Isn’t that ‘normal’? It is to me! I have no time to waste energy (or saliva for that matter) to say something if I’m not genuinely prepared to do it.
Now, yes, life happens! And, in some situations, there are valid reasons for people not to be able to call or do what they had promised. Still, is there any reason why they cannot phone whenever their life is ‘back to normal’ to apologize and pick up from there?
Once you say something, you have to make room in your life to honour that promise. This is a basic and simple element of INTEGRITY.
The way you honour (or not!) what you say, do or commit to,
from a simple phone call to a meeting, to the stories you share
and the language you use – all describes WHO YOU ARE
And, certainly, reflects your level of success in life!
You may have heard this expression before: “HOW YOU DO ANYTHING IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING”. Take a moment to check in and evaluate how you do things in life – do you show up when you say you will? Do you honour your words? Do you respect those you engage with?
I’ll end up by sharing this profound quote from Mother Teresa:
“We cannot do great things on this Earth,
only small things with great love” (meaning INTEGRITY, I’ll add)
This week, pay attention to what you say, how you say it AND… if you live by the power of your word.
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MAKING THIS PRACTICE A PART OF ‘YOUR’ LIFE:
This week, I am committing to pay attention to my words:
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I will speak with kindness, using honourable and loving words.
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I will honour my word: if I say something, I will do it!
– no false commitment! -
I will promise less and do more.
– no over commitment!
YOU ARE NOT ALONE:
We are doing it – we are living it – and WE’RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU!
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We love you,
Stéphanie and Doug
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