Dear Difference Maker,

One of my favorite stories happens to be a true story written by John Wayne “Jack” Schlatter for Chicken Soup For The Soul Vol. 1 in 1993. It has been passed along for several decades. 

It is about how a simple gesture – an act of kindness – dramatically altered the direction this young life was headed for that fateful day.

A daily short pause for the cause is a time-efficient and effective way to gain back your inner peace. The benefits are greater than you may expect. Do yourself a favor today …
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Reaching out …

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Be An Opportunity Seeker

KEEP YOUR EYES AND MIND open. When you are developing success, it is important to see that opportunity is constantly extending itself to you in many ways. Sometimes we may see a “challenging” person as a nuisance. This person is only providing us with a variety of opportunities to figure out what needs to be changed. Many times, we will try to shove opportunity aside instead of facing it head-on. This could be why it keeps coming to us again and again.

I once caught a third-grade girl hiding from me on top of a toilet in the girls’ restroom. I opened the door and she looked as if I was going to chew her out. Instead, I seized the opportunity to prove to her that I would honor her resistance to me and not overpower her. I calmly and quietly handed her the note I had intended to give her before she darted into the restroom to avoid me. I closed the door and went on my way.

The next day she showed up at my office ready to do some counseling. This was an opportunity I could not let pass. It challenged me to win her confidence and trust in this way. I had needed something to get my foot in the door with her, and this opportunity proved perfect. It acknowledged and established boundaries in the early stages of building a relationship with a very resistive, angry young girl who was responding with fear, not defiance.

It is in men
as in sails
where sometimes
there is a vein of gold
which the owner
knows not of.
-JONATHAN SWIFT

Keep It Simple & Straightforward

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