Why Bother? (3) ...Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV Success. Ahhh, feels good. But how do we get it? A few little hints for school, uni or work: (1) Empathy: Take a second to think about others. Want to succeed? Always show consideration for other people’s situation, needs, feelings and perceptions. This not only helps you, it helps them. Imagine how it would look if we all genuinely looked out for each other? Well, it starts with you. Yes, you! You - the one reading your little smartphone, looking at word4U2day’s website or holding this devotional in a magazine. Stop looking to other people, and start with yourself. (2) Flexibility: Can you touch your toes? Congratulations. But that’s not what we are talking about. If you want to succeed, sometimes you’ll have to roll with the punches, float with the tide, drift with the wood. Weren’t expecting that thing to happen? Flexible people will go farther in life than those who break when they are bent. (3) Humour: Hey, find yourself worked up too easily? It’s ok to laugh. Ok, there is a time and a place to laugh - there always has to be a balance between seriousness and fun. Look for the humour hidden in life’s serious moments and you’ll find it. People who are dispensers of misery are like a wet blanket - not fun. Oh yeah, and smile. When you learn how to laugh, it makes life, just, better. And here’s an extra tip about how to get far in life: remember people’s names. Someone’s name is one of the biggest things that assigns them honour as a person. Maybe you’re a bit forgetful about names. It takes work, but if you remember someone’s name, it shows you care. SoulFood: Job 1-4, Luke 1:1-25, Ps 105:23-36, Ecc 7:5-8
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