From the top of the first page
To the end of the last day
From the start in your own way
You just want
somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
One of my professors once said that everyone, male or female, has a common primary need. That is to feel that you are the most important person in the world to at least one other person. In this day of self-absorbed living, it's no wonder that the divorce rate hovers around 50%. Everyone's looking out for number one.
Assignment for this month:
- Listen more than you speak. When you are listening, look someone in the eye.
- Do something unexpectedly kind for someone you love, and then for someone you don't necessarily love.
- Speak kindly to a stranger. Say "hi" to someone when you make eye contact.
- Always speak politely to waiters, waitresses and cashiers.
- Always say "thank you" and "you're welcome."
- Be quick to think well of someone and slow to think ill.
- Give out a sincere compliment.
- Call a friend you haven't seen in a while and tell them how much you miss seeing them.
- Make it a challenge to see how quickly you can forget an insult.
- Buy someone lunch or dinner.
- Hold a child in your lap and talk to them.
- Speak to every old person as if they were your grandmother.
- Love more than you hate, but always remember how to hate truly evil things.
- Excercise self-control by telling yourself "no" when you want something really bad.
- Help someone in need.
