Todd Whittaker mentions his simple but powerful phrase in all of his books at some point, "When you do something nice for someone, two people feel better... and one of them is you." The truth is we do end up feeling better when we go out of our way to help someone else. I know I have many opportunities each day to do "nice things" for others that I miss because I am too self-involved or focused on my own needs. I really try to remind myself that the best things often come out of what I would consider "life's inconveniences." The trick is being self aware enough to realize when we have a "worthy inconvenience."
Let's try to be aware of when we feel "inconvenienced" this week. Let's see what happens if we can embrace the inconvenience and put all our energy and attention into it. Who knows, maybe something unexpectedly good may come out of it. If it doesn't, we haven't lost much, and maybe we'll have learned some lessons in human interaction.
The image above is a photo my daughter took of a deer we saw on a recent walk in the woods during a 100 degree day. I almost missed that walk because I didn't want to be inconvenienced with a walk on a hot day.
