Ordinary People

"I believe in the power of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. So look for in people the talents and possibilities they possess." -Unknown

Each of us have varying talents and abilities. Throughout your day, you will be bumped, annoyed, flustered, angered or even insulted by other people. Your first reaction will be the most important thing you will have for the moment. This is because we tend to judge each other by first impressions and many of these 'firsts' can cloud our ability to see the true person.

You want others to see the real you, the talented and good person that you are is sometimes not seen in that first impression. The true test comes when you are challenged to see the possibilities in others. When you get bumped, annoyed, flustered, angered or even insulted by other people, will you look beyond the first impression?

If you can see the talents and possibilities others possess, then just maybe they will see yours. Believe in the power of ordinary people, believe in your self...so much more exists when we look past first impressions.

Stay inspired my friends and have a great weekend.

Anything But Ordinary

"I don't work at being ordinary." -Paul McCartney

As we go about our day, the tasks we perform can seem ordinary and repetitive. Each step or movement becomes "just something" we do.

It might be getting the kids off to school or picking up co-workers in your car pool that is the ordinary event. The report you produce each morning and pass along to your manager or how you say hello to those that pass your desk; each of these events, tasks or happenings can begin to seem dull and boring.

The reality is that everything you do is and can be "anything but ordinary."

The reality is that you are "anything but ordinary."

My comments are not meant to sound like a scene from the 1947 movie It's a Wonderful Life. A movie in which our hero George Bailey learns how life would have been different without him in it. There are lessons learned in the telling of that particular story.

What I am trying to say is that you are meant to be anything but ordinary in life. You certainly have a choice in life to be ordinary. You can get up and punch the clock, save for retirement, travel to see the Grand Canyon and then die peacefully. That is a choice you can certainly make.

The other choice is to turn what seem to be ordinary moments, tasks or events into extraordinary ones. Every morning when the kids are getting ready for school, you can make it an adventure for them. For every day of your car pool, there are ways to make the ride much more pleasant of which you have control of. A report run each morning can arrive early instead of five to ten minutes late. With every person passing by your desk, where it makes sense engage with more than the cursory hello.

Every thing you do in life can be more than ordinary. Every contact you make with another person can be more than ordinary.

I could go on naming so many things, so many "every day" things we do that can be turned from ordinary into extraordinary. But you are wise and intelligent; the choices are obvious to you.

Be anything but ordinary in life and stay inspired my friends.