What Will We Give?

I was talking with a friend last night about an event that they attended that was spiritual in nature. They told me how bad it was and that it basically stunk to high heavens and that it did not live up to their expectations. After listening for a while, I asked him what I thought was a valid question. I asked "what did you do to make the situation better?" There was a pause on the other end of the phone. Then he asked, "what do you mean?" I asked, "how did you reach out to people? What did you contribute and give to the situation? You've been around the organization for 16 or 17 years, that makes you a steward."

At that he said, "oh wow - I never thought of that. I was walking around with all these expectations, acting as though I was a king. I messed up by ignoring those that came before me and in doing so, I wasn't a very good steward at all." Then I told him, "but you did learn something important." He asked "what was that?" I responded, "you learned where you erred."

Many times we walk into a situation looking for what we can get. Maybe we could attempt something a little different and look for opportunities to give and make things better, not only for ourselves but the others around us. Imagine.

Jaye Morris, Curator
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