Terry Diebold

Small Acts of Kindness

2012-02-10T11:38:09Z

Big results from small acts. Just watched a segment about a man who brings coffee to cancer patients. He’s been doing it for years and has become a much beloved fixture at the treatment center. What small act can you perform that makes a difference? If everyone in the country did one small act a day, that would be 312,988,384 people whose day would be just a little bit better, who would feel a little bit happier and be a little bit more fulfilled because of the small act of kindness they performed themselves. Times that by 360 days and that would be 113 trillion acts of kindness. Your kindness will never be insignificant–no matter how small.

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I am a Night Owl

2012-02-03T15:58:30Z

I’m a night owl…drives my husband, who is a morning person, nuts. Love the quiet, no-phone, no-interruption, crap-on-TV-time-of-night. It’s almost naughty, like skinny-dipping at night when everyone’s in bed. At the same time it is sacred.. like being the first to walk down the street in fresh snowfall. Being alone with my putzing and thinking and playing and praying reminds me who I am. I hope you have time to do nothing so you will remember who you are, too.

Big Business Has Lost It’s Soul

2012-01-27T16:55:30Z

Someone said today, “If I gave you $50,000 to speak, what would you speak on? I replied, “I would talk about how big business has lost it’s soul.” Now before you get all upset, obviously, not every business, but in general–yeah. The businesses that are really successful have usually figured out that employees are people. Take Google–plenty of food, day care, exercise equipment, people working days, evenings, nights, hierarchy low, creativity high, productivity, high. Why are they so successful? Besides obvious reasons, it’s that people feel like they count. We all want to feel like we count, like we matter–that we have value. That is the greatest gift an employer can give–and it doesn’t cost–it pays.

Do You Like Your Life?

2012-01-20T18:35:39Z

Do you like your life? Do you only like parts of it? If you are not happy with your life, there is only one person who can do anything about it and that is–no secret here–you. If you are not happy, face it, you need to make some changes. Don’t know where to start? Begin by making a list of what you need to start doing–then do it! Do the best you can, but start. Don’t make excuses, start. Start. Start. Start. Start with one thing but Start. Now, today. Start. Talking is okay but it has it’s limits. Doing is what converts potential energy into an outcome. Take responsibility–after all, it’s your life and it’s the only one you have.

Complaining is a Way to Chronically Avoid Doing Things

2012-01-13T23:59:41Z

Complaining is a way to chronically avoid doing things. As long as you can complain, you don’t have to do, fix, or be accountable. Complaining changes the way you see the world, allowing the negative to dwell within you, smothering your creative energy. Complaining drives great people, ideas and gifts from your life. Is complaining really worth those few moments where you get to feel like a victim? Break the habit today and let the sunshine in–you will find you are able to handle disappointments and problems because you have everything you need to cope. Give the energy within you a chance to show you how capable you really are!

Don’t Look Back

2012-01-06T12:08:28Z

“Don’t look back, that’s not where you’re going.” If you’re always second-guessing yourself, thinking about the past, you will never have a future because you are wasting your present. Enjoy the moment you’re in or grieve it if that’s what is called for, but notice the now. The more you notice, the slower life will seem because rather than squandering your moments, you are living them.

This is not an ordinary day

2011-12-30T14:03:35Z

This is not an ordinary day. When you opened your eyes this morning, you were given another day to become more. With your first conscious breath began an irreplaceable opportunity to deepen your life by loving and laughing, by acknowledging God’s work in your life. Before you rose, you were granted a new chance to acknowledge another person’s worth and importance. This…is a very extraordinary day.

Agreeing is Not Always the Goal

2011-12-23T11:02:55Z

Agreeing is not always the goal. Listening honors two souls, the one who needs to be heard and the one who graces by hearing.

Animals! They bring joy just by being themselves

2011-12-16T20:11:18Z

Animals! They bring joy just by being themselves and that by simply ’being’ you bring joy to others. That’s why you have been created to be exactly who you are.

Telling the Truth about the little things…

2011-12-09T11:14:50Z

Telling the truth about little things…going back in to pay for the soda they forgot to charge you for…’fessing up to leaving the door unlocked…admitting you didn’t call back because you forgot…telling the truth about little things…means you can be trusted with the big things.