We
Humans
We
are all born, live, and die as humans. The purpose in life is to know who we
are as humans and to become wiser about ourselves.
1.
We are extremely forgetful. We are all forgetful of small and big things alike. Do we remember all those who made the
ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms? Do you know what you did on May 17,
2016? We only know so much. We don’t know what we don’t know. Much of what we
know isn’t so. Thus the reason we need others to tackle the complex problems in
life. The best way to deal with our forgetful nature is to write things down in
a journal.
2. We are all
creatures of habits. Do we have the habit of expressing gratitude for
those who paid the ultimate sacrifice so we could have a better life? Good habits are hard to make and easy to break and bad
habit are easy to make and hard to break. To only way to get rid of a bad habit
is to replace it with a good habit. It takes at least 21 days to establish a
new habit. Our habit can make or break us.
3. We are all
fallen creatures. Nations
come and nations go. We have short memories. We tend to easily fall for wrong
behaviors and cling to negativity. Today is the day to honor our fallen heroes. Have you taken 60 seconds of your day today to
remember our Veterans? We make many mistakes yet often are not willing to
admit and take full responsibility for them. Admitting mistakes and failures
releases us from bondage and allow us to learn from them. Above all, we are all
sinners in need of grace.
4. We are all
accumulators. Why don’t we accumulate memories instead of things? We accumulate all kinds of things because we think we
will need them later. As item 1 above says, we forget what we already have and end
up buying the same thing again. I recently found a case of wine in my house I
forgot I had it for 10 years. A great find as the red Argentinian wine
appreciated in quality and value; a rare thing indeed since most stuff
depreciates with age. No wonder most of us have a hard time prioritizing
things. Most of us live by our obligations instead of our priorities. We have a
hard time separating the vital few from the trivial many. Essentialists focus
on what is essential and build competence in a few areas. In our lifetime we
can only build mastery in less than ten areas of expertise.
5. We are all
self-centered and egotistical. Ego blinds
us from most of the truth and leads us to live defensively. When we die to self
we start living a meaningful life. Offense living is to lose ourselves for the
benefits of others. When we help others get what they want we always get what
we want. For all those in positions of
power, think and reflect about this one.
6. We are all
biased. Why not be
biased towards truth and action? We
often think we know how to separate facts from fiction when in reality we
don’t. We think we are a bag of whole chips when in reality we are a bag of
broken chips and some are just the crumbs. No wonder we have such a hard time
finding faults in ourselves and easily find many faults in others. Drop the
chip from the shoulder and keep an open mind to learn until the day you die.
7.
We are all opinionated. All we need to do is to read postings and comments in the
social media to realize how opinionated we all are. Why not have opinions in our respective areas of knowledge? The
extreme cases are called ultracrepidarians (giving opinions beyond one's area
of expertise). Go ahead and call it by
name next time you identify one. Be sure to watch his or her face upon hearing
their new label. Warning – a person convinced against his or her will is of the
same opinion still. Watch - ultracrepidarians think they are good when
defending their ignorance.
It is a good
thing we are all humans otherwise the world would be a very boring place and
absent of opportunities for us to work on ourselves.
Thank
you for reading and reflecting on today’s nuggets. Please share with others.
I would love the
opportunity to share my Nuggets with your audience!
Be blessed and be a
blessing to others
Carlos Fontana
Author of the book Priceless, Co-author of the
book Follow to Lead
"The future
belongs to those who can see and pursue opportunities before they are
obvious."
"Those that take
swift action will always leave those that don't breathing the dust."
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