Grumpy bumpy is something we’ve all heard or perhaps said. I think they rhyme for a reason. Smile. If you’re grumpy your life’s journey is probably bumpy too. My Mother told me, “You win more bees with honey than with vinegar.” Well, I never understood why you want bees. I think sometimes our parents told us things to get us to be quite and go away---and think about it. I mean when the brain is in gear the mouth usually isn’t. Now that I am older and I’ve had time to think I realize that bees make honey and that honey is sweet and sweet things go down easier.
My spiritual mother instructed me about the process of bringing correction. She referred to it as the “ACE Sandwich”. This process begins with telling the other person what they do right, then bring the correction then close with what you can affirm. The good on both sides makes the middle easier to swallow.
Relationships will be much smoother is we take the responsibility of being friendly and patient. We are all people who make mistakes, have good days and bad and yes are sometimes grumpy. Another thing I have learned in my short sixty years is, “We should treat the people who will cry the hardest at our funeral better than those who won’t even read the obituary”. Usually we do the opposite. We treat strangers with more courtesy than those closest to us.
Action step for today? Try being most kind to those closest to you.
Ephesians 4:32 (KJV) “32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
The photo used today is of a favorite book I read to my children when they were young. If you have children or grandchildren and don't have this book yet--get it. Great lessons for life. Below is another one.
My spiritual mother instructed me about the process of bringing correction. She referred to it as the “ACE Sandwich”. This process begins with telling the other person what they do right, then bring the correction then close with what you can affirm. The good on both sides makes the middle easier to swallow.
Relationships will be much smoother is we take the responsibility of being friendly and patient. We are all people who make mistakes, have good days and bad and yes are sometimes grumpy. Another thing I have learned in my short sixty years is, “We should treat the people who will cry the hardest at our funeral better than those who won’t even read the obituary”. Usually we do the opposite. We treat strangers with more courtesy than those closest to us.
Action step for today? Try being most kind to those closest to you.
Ephesians 4:32 (KJV) “32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
The photo used today is of a favorite book I read to my children when they were young. If you have children or grandchildren and don't have this book yet--get it. Great lessons for life. Below is another one.
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