“The Lord does not require us to succeed. He just expects us to try.”  ~Mother Teresa

I’m a big believer in this. It’s not all about you, what you drive, the eye candy on your arm, or your net worth. When you came into the world, you found it in a certain state. Like a good Boy Scout, leave it better than you found it. 

The ways in which to accomplish this are countless. Extend kindness and emotional support to others. It costs you nothing, and most likely you’ll never know how much of a difference it will make. Twenty-five years ago, a gentleman in town wrote me a thank-you letter for helping his daughter and son-in-law. I didn’t recognize how much my assistance meant to his family. In the same way, he never knew how much his letter meant to me. Yet here I am, twenty-five years later, writing about it. 

The same can be said when forgiveness was extended to me for an error in judgement. Whether we extend kindness, forgiveness, a loan, a donation, or a simple compliment, at the end of the day we are better for having done it. Becoming a better person is part of “getting a life”.

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”  ~Winston Churchill