Making others better is a boomerang

A famous old poem goes like this:

“When days are hot and flies are thick, use horse sense – cooperate.

This is a truth all horses know, they learned it many centuries ago.

One tail on duty at the rear can reach that fly behind the ear.

But two tails when arranged with proper craft can do the job both fore and aft.”

Your decision to bound past mediocrity will help pull up others with you.

Choosing God’s will in our lives always affects others and makes them better. Williams Danforth said, “Our most valuable possessions are those which when shared multiply. Our least valuable possessions are those which when divided are diminished.”

We should look for opportunities to invest of ourselves in others and to help make them better.

Somebody did that for you once. Somebody saw something in you and reached out to help you. That act of kindness has determined where you are today. It may have been your pastor, your parents, a friend, a teacher, coach, neighbour, or just someone who offered some extra money, prayers, good advice, or equipment and supplies. But whoever it was, that individual had foresight and the resources to invest in you and take a risk on your future.

I have a challenge for you. This week take a few minutes and send a note to those people who reached out and greatly affected your life. Also do this: take a few minutes and reach out to help someone else get ahead. You will find that this will be one of the most satisfying experiences you’ve had in a long time.

Proverbs 3:27 says, Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Invest in somebody today. Believe in that person. Offer support and encouragement. Help him/her come up to another level.

Try it, you’ll like it! You’ll also benefit from it!

Ten truism that aren’ true:

1.     The way to guarantee success is to work smarter, not harder.

This is a losing idea. You will find that effective leaders do both. They work smarter and the work harder.

2.     Activity equals accomplishment.

Activity is not accomplishment. Hard work is not results. We should not ask ourselves whether we’re busy, but what we’re busy about. We serve a God who is interested in results.

3.     Take care of things, and they will take care of you.

We should not take care, we should take control. If you don’t take control of your own life, somebody else will.

4.     If you want to be a success, you must pay the price.

You don’t pay the price for success; you possess the price for success. The path to success belongs to you. It’s not something that you have to give up in order to succeed.

5.     Don’t waste (kill) time.

Although this truism expresses a good thought, it is really not accurate. When you waste time, it is not time you are wasting, it is your life.

6.     If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

That’s not good advice. Even though things are working, many times they still can be significantly improved or modified.

7.     What you see is what you get.

We Christians are commanded not to be moved by what we see but by the Word of God. We are to see the unseen in every situation of life.

8.     He is a self-made man.

There is no such thing. A person can succeed only with the help of God and others.

9.     Talk is cheap.

            False. Talk is very expensive. What an individual says is ultimately what he gets – what he pays for.

10.  Practice makes perfect.

No, perfect practice makes perfect. Wrong practice leads to wrong habits. Perfect practice leads to action. Make sure that whatever you do on a regular basis is right and correct.