Motivation Monday: The Things I Learn From People on Airplanes

One of these days, I’m going to write that new book entitled, “Things I Learn From People on Airplanes.” Some of the deepest and most salient sentences I’ve ever heard have been stated by someone buckled into a seat next to me at 32,000 feet above the earth.One seat mate told me, “Children don’t lie to their parents because they want to lie. They lie because they want to protect their parents or protect themselves from upsetting their parents.”

Another said, “God provides food for everyone. WE get to distribute it.”

And a third instructed, “If you’re gonna have a mistress, just make sure she’s on another continent.”

But perhaps my favorite quote in the sky came from an attorney who conducts trials in Geneva for war-crime tribunals. He looked over my shoulder and out the window over Vancouver as he said, “We write our histories with war.”

I thought to myself: “He’s got a point!”

But then again, if days are like scrolls, how else can we we write the story of our lives?
How do we want to be remembered?

By collecting other peoples prayers and promises…
By noticing the quality of your days…
By facing your fears…

With good deeds…
With forgiveness…
With song…

Courtesy, Kindess, Justice and Love

This week, if you could write your history, which words would you choose?