Hello readers! The YELP of your life offers some food for thought…
What if those who encounter you in life today could leave a review that followed you around for all to see. Meaning that the way you treat people in traffic, in your daily encounters, work, personal life, and also the way you treat yourself can all be publicly reviewed. Imagine that the effects your behavior, words, and actions have on others will be rated for your loved ones, coworkers, bosses, and all to see – like a speech bubble floating over your head.
Consider It
Ask yourself how you would respond to life and others? Do you think your behavior would change?
How would you react to those who test your patience, your fears, insecurities, and tolerance if you knew they could leave a review that could impact your personal life, professional life, and more?
The Moral YELP of Your Life
Many of us have a moral reviewer within ourselves and when we behave or act in a way outside of our personal moral barometer then we don’t feel good about ourselves. I don’t go high when others go low for their benefit. I have found it has been for my own benefit. When I live my life as if the God inside me and all around me is always watching, I feel better, do better, and get far more out of life than I could have ever imagined.
Would you go out of your way to make someone else’s day easier? Perhaps by letting them over in traffic even when in a rush or simply smiling at them when random eye contact is made?
For those who have worked in any type of service industry, you understand the experience when staff is notified of a VIP guest who is expected to get pristine and attentive service. It’s my goal to treat every human I encounter as a VIP customer that gets all of the patience, love, and presence I can possibly muster at that time, just as I would like to be treated – even during a “bad” moment or day. I hope this post encourages readers to also consider the YELP of your life and the actions, behaviors, and treatment of others that you are proud or ashamed of.
Reflect On
As your days progress, if that nagging feeling of discomfort brings to your attention something you have done, said, or some decision you made that you would not have if others were watching, then this is an awareness and experience that can lead to an awakening.
When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest, or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others. After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.”
Alcoholics Anonymous, 1st edition p.99
In my experience, when and if corrective measures should be taken, the answers come when my own house (my spiritual fitness) is in order.
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