Phone Calls: Part II

You are asleep. Just as your alarm goes off and you start to wake up you realize your phone is ringing. You actually answer the phone before you shut off the alarm. The person on the phone knows you well. It is someone you have talked to many, many times before. You have known this person as long as you can remember. Right away she starts complimenting you. You don’t say much of anything, you just listen. Because this person has known you so long and because he knows you so well, he knows all of your weaknesses, all of your fears, and all of your disappointments. The voice is calm but the compliments are persistent. Much of this you have heard before.

How long will you stay on the line? How long? Until you get out of bed? Until you finish our morning routine? How long will you stay on the line? Until you are interrupted? Until you have another call? Until you have to talk to someone else face to face? In minutes or in hours how long will you stay on the phone? How long before you argue and say the compliments aren’t true? How long? Try answering in the comments. How long before you just laugh and hang up?

It is the weekend. Please be good. Drive your cars carefully. Ride with people who drive carefully. Treat yourself with respect. Spend time with people who treat you with respect. Treat other people with respect. Talk nice to yourself; you deserve it. I look forward to hearing from you or seeing you. Keep yourself whole physically and emotionally.

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Phone Calls: Part I

You are asleep. Just as your alarm goes off and you start to wake up you realize your phone is ringing. You actually answer the phone before you shut off the alarm. The person on the phone knows you well. It is someone you have talked to many, many times before. You have known this person as long as you can remember. Right away she starts criticizing you. You don’t say much of anything, you just listen. Because this person has known you so long and because he knows you so well, he knows all of your weaknesses, all of your fears, and all of your disappointments. The voice is calm but the criticism is persistent. Much of this you have heard before.

How long will you stay on the line? How long? Until you get out of bed? Until you finish your morning routine? How long will you stay on the line? Until you are interrupted? Until you have another call? Until you have to talk to someone else face to face? In minutes or in hours how long will you stay on the phone? Try answering in the comments. Seriously. How long before you just hang up?

It is the weekend. Please be good. Drive your cars carefully. Ride with people who drive carefully. Treat yourself with respect. Spend time with people who treat you with respect. Treat other people with respect. Talk nice to yourself; you deserve it. I look forward to hearing from you or seeing you. Keep yourself whole physically and emotionally.

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Attitudes: Part II

It's bedtime. You sit down on the edge of the bed and you take your attitude out and put it in a bag. You have written "My Attitude" on the bag. You have even taken some time to decorate the bag since your attitude is kind of important. There are two other bags next to yours. One is labeled, "Replacement Attitudes" and the other is labeled, "Leftover Attitudes".

You have a pretty good night's sleep. You wake up. The very first thing you do is put an attitude back inside of your head and heart. Before you go to the bathroom, before you take a shower, before you even open your eyes; it's the first thing you do--put an attitude back inside of you.

You didn't lose your attitude out of the running trail, you put it in your bag right next to your bed. It's waiting there for you. Would you want to make sure you put "your attitude" back in your head and heart? Would you want a "replacement attitude" or would you settle for a "leftover attitude"?

The bad news is you don't have to chose an attitude. Some attitude will always find its way into you. The one's that just find their way in usually aren't good ones; they usually come from the "leftover attitude" bag. The good news is that even you don't have to chose, you GET to chose if you want to." All so simple to say--not always easy to do. Still, I like that.

It's the weekend. Please be good. Drive your cars carefully. Ride with people who drive carefully. Treat yourself with respect. Spend time with people who treat you with respect. Treat other people with respect. Talk nice to yourself; you deserve it. I look forward to hearing from you or seeing you. Keep yourself whole physically and emotionally.

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Attitudes: Part I

Let’s say that you go out for a run. The weather is nice and you are really getting into it. You have been at it for over an hour. You finish up and you get back home. Suddenly you realize you can’t find your attitude. You just don’t know where it is. You look in pockets, you look back where you ran, you look at home, and you just can’t find it. You have lost your attitude. You must have dropped it somewhere while you were running. You have lost your attitude and have no idea where it is. So here is the question. Would you put up a sign that says, “Lost attitude—reward offered—call 425-327-8224.” Would you want your attitude back? If someone found your attitude out where you ran would you say, “Hey you keep that rotten old thing; I don’t want it”. Or would you say, “Wow, thanks for finding my attitude, I sure missed having it.”

It is the weekened. Please be good. Drive your car carefully. Ride with people who drive carefully. Treat yourself with respect. Spend time with people who treat you with respect. Treat other people with respect. Talk nice to yourself; you deserve it. I look forward to hearing from you or seeing you. Keep yourself whole physically and emotionally.

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