There are only two things that scare me in life. But they scare the shit out of me each and every day. As a result, two questions guide every decision I make. And, for that, I am grateful.
1. Hurting Those I Love
This may seem simple. After all, why would we ever wish to harm those we care about most dearly? Only the most ill-minded people would do such things voluntarily, right? And yet, we often passively slip into becoming the very people we demean.
We seldom stop to ask how our decisions might impact those in our lives, those who support us, those who invest their energy in us, those who surround us, those whom we profess to hold so dearly in our hearts. But, every decision we make directly influences them as well. For, they too are implicated in the webs of our lives. Whatever string we pull, they feel it too.
So, I ask myself:
Am I hurting those I love, whether through action or inaction?
And, when formulating our answers, we mustn’t forget to account for our own selves within the equation.
2. Wasting Their Time
Again, who would voluntarily seek to waste the time of another, much less their own? Yet, we routinely succumb to distraction and deviation, without pause to correct…
