Changing your life or someone else’s life forever..?
Take your challenges in hand
I enjoyed this email and so I am sending it forward. I immediately think about my friend Karen, who while talking with me last November, suggested I go see her husband, Dr Dan DOM. Although I knew him well, I had been reluctant to ask for his help. On my budget I could not “afford” a doctor. I went and we worked out a plan. Her suggestion has dramatically changed my life.
I know at times, some small thing I did for someone else has similiar effects. Perhaps you have similar stories. Read on.
Wishing You Continued Success!
Dan Robey
http://www.thepowerofpositivehabits.com
Dear Mary,
You have something in common with every single
person on this planet and it only takes one person
to forever change your life.
You might be saying “Dan, have you gone
crazy, you just sent me a very motivational
article telling me that I am unique,
that there is no on else like me in the universe!”
“Now you are telling me I am just like over 6 billion
people on this planet!”
Don’t worry.
I have not gone crazy…. well maybe just a little.
Yes, you are unique.
Yes, there is no other human being
on this planet with your exact DNA, and life experiences.
Yes, the thoughts in your mind are unlike any other
persons thoughts.
While this is all true, I want you to think about
an amazing fact.
You have something in common with every person
that is living and breathing right now on this big spinning
ball we call “Earth.”
It is your understanding of this commonality that
all humans have that will forever change the way
you think about people.
It is your understanding of this commonality
in the human race that will forever change the way you
talk to, interact with, and respect people.
The way you love people.
The way you develop friendships that will change
your life forever.
What is this commonality, this sharing of common attributes that
all human beings possess?
It is very simple.
Every person that is alive and breathing on this
planet at this exact moment has “this” in common with you.
They are all living and breathing and
going through the experience we call “LIFE.”
We are all sharing this “LIFE” experience together because
we are all “ALIVE RIGHT NOW!”
When someone treats you badly, remember that they
are only human, they have faults just like you.
Remember that anyone can have a bad day.
Always remember that it is impossible for you to know
exactly what is going on in a persons mind at the exact moment
you are interacting with them.
Maybe they lost a loved one recently.
Maybe they just lost their job.
Maybe they on the verge of a divorce.
Always remember that they are struggling to make
it through the up and down days of life… JUST LIKE YOU.
If you make it a habit to remember that they are just
trying to be happy and prosperous in life, just trying to
make it through another day, you will look at them in a different
way.
There will be a huge paradigm shift in your thought patterns.
You will have compassion where none existed before.
You will forgive those you thought you could never forgive.
You will create friendships where a friendship was
never possible before.
You will love where you have never loved before.
I want you to look back on your life right now.
Can you identify one person who forever changed your life?
Maybe it was a friend who introduced you to your spouse.
Maybe it was a person who gave you advice and encouragement
when you needed it most.
Maybe is was a stranger who told you about a company
that was hiring, you applied with that company, and got a job
that changed your life.
Here is an amazing true story.
When I was about 15 years old, my cousin David moved down to Miami
from Ohio in search of a job and a new life.
David stayed at my parents home while searching for a job.
One Sunday morning I noticed that David was reading through the
Miami Herald newspaper classified ads for a job.
Out of curiosity I picked up the paper, and began looking as well.
I saw that David had circled companies that he thought held promise.
I also noticed that he had not circled any potential jobs in the
category of “Mechanical Engineering”. This was probably not a
category that David felt matched his qualifications.
I was young and naive, and had no regard for the job
classifications….I just looked in all classifications and read
all the job descriptions.
I found a job description that to a 15 year old boy sounded “pretty
cool,” It was technical position for a company named
“Bell and Howell” in Orlando, Florida.
I circled the job listing and handed it to David.
He called the company, went in for 2 interviews, and got the job!
David has worked for Bell and Howell for more then 20 years.
He relocated to Orlando and met his wife.
My circling of the job listing started a chain of events that
forever changed David’s life.
Let me ask you another question.
What if that “ONE” person that was about to provide you with life
changing information, was having a terrible day on that one
fateful day that you met him or her?
Would you have detected the stress in their voice as they talked?
Would you have had empathy for their struggle?
Would you have given them a chance to get beyond their frustration?
OR
Would their attitude on that one day have caused you to distance
yourself from them?
Would you have pushed away from a person who may have
been the “life changing” domino in your life?
Make it a habit to recognize that EVERYONE is going through
this adventure called “LIFE.”
Make it a habit to look into the eyes of complete strangers
and “SEE” their struggles.
“SEE” their passion.
“SEE” their sorrow.
“SEE” that they, like you, are imperfect, and judge them not.
Take the extra step to help them in their life struggles,
someday they will do the same for you.
The One Person That “Forever” Changed Your Life
Someday, the person you least expect to change your life
will become the one person who starts
a change reaction of events that will “FOREVER” change your life.
That person could be waiting around the next corner.
That person might be someone you meet “TODAY.”
If the message you are about to read changes your life in a
positive way, share it.
Send this email to everyone you love and care about.
Be the “ONE” to push the first domino in a line of 1000’s
of dominos!
Become the catalyst for change in another persons life!
Become the person that someone will identify years into the
future as the person that started a series of events that made
their life infinitely better.
Become a life changer!
Make it a habit.
It is a habit that will serve you well.
I pray that my words will always leave you in a better place then
where you were before they entered your mind.
As always, I wish you, my extended family on planet Earth
continued Success!!
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