A daily attitude email from St. Patrick’s Day past…

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I went in search of Irish quotes and proverbs.

This one in particular struck at the heart of what I believe to be one of the most endearing of the Irish idiosyncrasies, hospitality.

The Irish are well known for their hospitality and welcoming nature.

I have come to think this is part of what leads to their general cheeriness. Life is best lived through service and hospitality towards others.

When we put others first our best shines through.

Make it a great day filled with happy hospitality.

Jake

Here are some of the other great Irish sayings I found:

It’s easier to halve the potato when there’s love.

May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright, happy hours that stay with you all the year long.

Lose an hour in the morning and you’ll be looking for it all day.

If you buy what you don’t need you might have to sell what you do.

Better good manners than good looks.

You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

Pity him who makes an opinion a certainty.

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” – CS Lewis

The pastor quoted this on Sunday and it was a great reminder.

Something I could probably be reminded of every Sunday for the rest of my life.

Time to get back to work on it….

Make it a great day.

Jake

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. – Boris Pasternak

Create some space for a surprise or two this week.

Take a different route to work.

Order something other than your regular for lunch.

Head in to work early.

Stay a little late.

Take an afternoon off.

Do things differently. See what pops up.

Make it a great day.

Jake

PS – use some discernment here….probably not a good idea to drive to work at 100 mph or take up chainsaw juggling.

https://youtu.be/0fQESUBMwGg

Spring break is right around the corner.

Jim Rohn says something like “make rest a necessity, not an objective”.

I think he means that rest and vacation are good things and part of keeping ourselves at our best.

But they are not the objective of life.

Life is not to be spent resting.

It’s to be spent growing and striving towards a life full of meaning and purpose.

Enjoy some rest this weekend.

Then get back at it on Monday.

Make it a great day.

Jake

“Life to me is the greatest of all games. The danger lies in treating it as a trivial game, a game to be taken lightly, and a game in which the rules don’t matter much. The rules matter a great deal. The game has to be played fairly or it is no game at all. And even to win the game is not the chief end. The chief end is to win it honorably and splendidly.”

Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren’t even there before. – Mignon McLaughlin

Love represents the ultimate change in perspective.

This quote says it well.

Options that once seemed impossible or closed off now seem easily available and in plain sight.

Giving becomes easy, even mandatory.

Sacrifice becomes joy.

Hardship turns into opportunity.

Love is also a verb.

Activity filled with love greases the skids, making everything else seem easy.

Make it a great day.

Jake

What if love is the whole point?

The reason for the whole thing?

The “why” behind it all?

Not sure that I can answer that definitively. Maybe it’s not the whole thing, but it sure seems like most of it.

What would today look like if you made it your main objective?

When you think about what to do next or what is most important, what if you put love first?

Make it a great day.

Jake

Question for the week:

What if it all works out?

Make it a great day.

Jake

https://youtu.be/U6n2NcJ7rLc

Have some fun today.

Be goofy.

Turn up some music.

Dance around a little.

Make it a great day.

Jake

Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it. – Lewis Carroll

If you seek, you will find.

If you are looking for lessons on how the world works, they are all around you.

What are you looking for?

Make it a great day.

Jake