A thought by Ken Blanchard & Morton Shaevitz (2015-02-02)
from their book, Refire! Don't Retire: Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life (Kindle Locations
308-309). Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to
go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
Have you found that
there are some people that know how to rob you of joy? I’m mean you want to walk away fast when you
see them coming. But what about looking
at them in a new way. And this thought
is a good way to do that. Take some time
and do what you can to search for that pearl of good that is in them. Yes they have that shell like the oyster that
is not beautiful and when you see it you want to throw it away but what about
that pearl that is inside it. It takes
some time but when you break it open you see that which is of great value
inside them.
That’s what Jesus does
with each one of us. Oh yes he sees the
outside but he also sees the great potential for good that is inside of us. He came to earth to release
that potential for greatness that is inside of each of us. And when he left he said that we are to do
what he began to do.
I like what Ken and
Morton said a little later in this chapter.
They said, “We can all make the world a better place through the
moment-to-moment decisions we make as we interact with the people we come in
contact with at home, at work, and in the community.”
And one way to do that
is to see people as Christ sees them and to realize that “There’s a pearl of
good in everyone if you search for it.”
Who is that person that you are tempted to throw
away?
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