“Whether we want to or not, we end up memorizing what we do repeatedly.”

A thought by Bob Goff from his book, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a WorldFull of Setbacks and Difficult People (p. 82). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

That is so true, isn’t it?

Bob says, “It’s the way we were wired from the factory. Because this is how we’re made, it’s a great idea to pick actions worth repeating. People who are turning into love do this. They adopt beautiful patterns and surrounding imagery for their lives. They fill their lives with songs, practices, and habits that communicate love, acceptance, grace, generosity, whimsy, and forgiveness. People who are becoming love repeat these actions so often they don’t even realize they’re doing it anymore. It’s just finger memory to them.”

He goes on, “They don’t need anyone to clap for them. They don’t need validation for things they know are inherently right and true and beautiful. They don’t need all the accolades that come with recognition. They also don’t feel a need to criticize people who have gotten a couple of things wrong or hit a couple of sour chords in their lives.

“I don’t know about you, but I’ve gotten to the end of the day more than a few times and realized my untucked shirt was uneven at the bottom. I’m usually just one button off but sometimes two. The fact is, some of the people who have shaped my faith the most were a couple of buttons off on theirs. They’ve made some big mistakes. Run toward these people, not away. There is a quiet confidence in knowing we all hit a couple of wrong notes here and there. The report card on our faith is how we treat one another when we do.

It is true love isn’t it to treat people the way we want to be treated, especially when they’ve blown it too?

Yes, yes!

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