I have just finished reading Jodi Picoult’s book, “Second Glance,” and I was struck by this passage:
“Heroes didn’t leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn’t wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else’s. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.”
I thought of all the “Johnny’s” in this world who are making a difference in workplaces every single day by connecting with people on the human level and making them feel special. Ken Blanchard and I wrote about these very kind of heroes in our book, “The Simple Truths of Service Inspired by Johnny the Bagger,” and the stories of these ordinary people have brought hope to folks all over the world. It doesn’t matter what your job is, how much change is going on around you, what your boss is doing, or what your co-workers are doing — YOU have a CHOICE in every interaction you have to listen and love.
And as you recognize that person as a living, breathing human being, perhaps you have begun to untangle some of the anger and bitterness and loneliness and unworthiness that so many of us are carrying around in our lives. At the same time as you reach out to them, many of them will reach back to you, and that very act of connection can make a difference in your life as well. May we each be a “HERO” every single day!
Blessings,
Barbara
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