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 (p. 31). Berrett-Koehler
Publishers. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy
the book.)
We need people to
fulfill who God wants us to be and to help us to mature. God said that the first two main purposes
that he has for us is to love him and to love other people. It is a both and. And the evil one does all he can to keep us
from fulfilling his purpose in our life and to keep us from maturing.
Ken and Morton give
insights into what we are to do to refire through telling a story. And they use a couple named Harold and Wendy to
give us good advice in the relational part of refiring. Harold says, “Wendy and
I believe that feedback is the breakfast of champions. If you really get to
know others well, you’ll grow close enough that they’ll be willing to praise
you when you’re fun to hang around with and give you honest feedback when
you’re being obnoxious or a stick in the mud.”
“So our suggestion for
the emotional aspect of your journey to refire,” said Wendy, “is to get to
really know each other, as well as the people around you. Be willing to take
interpersonal risks and learn from them.”
And it is a risk but
it is so rewarding and emotionally beneficial in our lives. Granite there is potential pain but there is also
great reward. Jesus was rejected but it
didn’t stop him from loving us and he also showed us how to handle it. On the cross he said, “Father forgive them
because they don’t know what they are doing.” He will help in those difficult times and he
will bring good out of them. You see, we
really do need each other.
So who are you going
to reach out to today?
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