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  • A Good Reason Why We All Need to Travel More by Ross Reck

    A Good Reason Why We All Need to Travel More by Ross Reck

    Travel
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    Mark Twain had this to say about travel: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” What this means is that if we spend all our life in the same place doing the same things with the same people, we tend to see nothing but differences between us and people from other parts of the country and other parts of the world. On the other hand, travel opens our eyes and broadens our horizons. The more we travel, instead of noticing differences, we begin to see and appreciate all the wonderful things we have in common with people everywhere.

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  • One Way to Make Your Life More Enjoyable by Ross Reck

    One Way to Make Your Life More Enjoyable by Ross Reck

    Kindness
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    One of the best ways to make your life more enjoyable is to make it easy for people to be kind to you. And the easiest way to do this is to be kind and positive. People absolutely love to be kind to positive people because it’s pleasant and fun. When you approach them, they greet you with a smile and say something like, “Hi! It’s good to see you! How have you been?” They make you feel like you want to spend your whole day with them. Everywhere they go, they run into people who want to be kind to them. Being on the receiving end of all this kindness is what makes life enjoyable. On the other hand, people are reluctant to be kind to grumpy, negative people because it’s not pleasant. These people scowl, speak gruffly and when you approach them, they make you feel like you just got caught trespassing on their private property. So, the last thing you want to do is spend time with them. I overheard someone telling a negative person that she wouldn’t be able to take her to the grocery the next day. She snapped back and said, “Well, I guess I don’t eat tomorrow!” and walked away. There may be a few people who will be kind to these people out of a sense of duty, but it’s nothing compared to the amount of kindness a positive person receives. We all have a choice. Do we want an enjoyable happy life, or do we want an unhappy lonely one?

  • Growth Can Only Happen Outside Your Comfort Zone by Ross Reck

    Growth Can Only Happen Outside Your Comfort Zone by Ross Reck

    Comfort Zon
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    Many people view their comfort zone as a wonderful and cozy place where life is easy, familiar, and totally risk-free. While this may sound like an ideal environment, it’s impossible to grow as a person if you stay inside your comfort zone because there are no opportunities to try new things, make mistakes, experience failure, and learn from those experiences. If you expect to grow, you must step outside your comfort zone. Only there can you try new things, face new challenges and make new friends. Yes, you will experience some stress and anxiety, but you will become a more confident, capable, interesting, and resilient person. You will also add a dimension of fun and excitement to your life.

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  • What Others Think of You is None of Your Business – by Ross Reck

    What Others Think of You is None of Your Business – by Ross Reck

    Prisoner

    Far too many people worry about what other people think of them. Instead of living their life on their own terms doing things that bring them joy and happiness, their primary motivation is to impress others. This determines the kind of car they drive, the clothes they wear, the neighborhood they live in and so forth. Some people have even chosen a career based on other people’s expectations only to wind up being miserable in their job. As ancient Chinese Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu put it, “Care about what other people think, and you will always be their prisoner.” Life as a prisoner cannot make us happy, it only brings us feelings of inadequacy and disappointment. So, listen to your inner voice. Do what makes you happy and forget about what others think.

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  • An Example of Someone We Should All Aspire to Be Like by Ross Reck

    An Example of Someone We Should All Aspire to Be Like by Ross Reck

    Donation

    An article by Chelsea Bailey, which was posted on bbc.com, featured Hody Childress, a life-long resident of the small rural community of Geraldine, Alabama. Mr. Childress was known as a humble man, “who would often send handwritten get-well cards and share vegetables from his garden with neighbors.” One day, when he was in the town drugstore, he asked Brook Walker, the pharmacist, if she ever had anyone who couldn’t afford their medication. She told him that it happened quite a bit. Then Mr. Childress handed her a folded $100 bill and said, “Next time that happens, will you use this? Don’t tell where it came from, and don’t tell me who needed it, just say it’s a blessing from the Lord.” Ms. Walker thought this would be a one-time kindness, but, “It continued every single month for almost 10 years (until Mr. Childress died),” she said. “I never saw it lasting this long and he always said, ‘Keep this between us.’”

    The legacy continues. After Mr. Childress passed away, the story about his altruism somehow got out and was reported in the Washington Post. Ms. Walker immediately began receiving calls from across the US from people wanting to help keep the fund going. Mr. Childress set a wonderful example that others wanted to follow—people really do care!

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