My brother, Kevin, posted this blog a few days ago. Click on the link and read it. It’s worthwhile. Heck, I’ll even give you a excerpt:

Please understand I’m not talking about mistakes (and their severity); I’m writing about how we treat the mistakes of others. Our mistakes have their own economy: each of us will pay a price for them, and know this: you and I will both make our share of mistakes.

It is this fact that should compel us to treat the mistakes of others differently. We have the ability to lessen the blow, to reduce the punishment, and to speed the recovery.

We can choose grace. We can choose to give a second chance (and a third, or fourth, or fifth … etc).

I’m sitting in the library now, watching the snow gather on this beautiful campus. As I scanned Facebook/Twitter feeds for updates, I saw a swarm of hostile messages directed to something happening at my place of work. Deliberate, hateful comments posted on the internet for many (if not all) to read. And, I thought of my brother’s blog. We all need to act with a little more grace.

What if we acted, tweeted, spoke with the grace that we wanted to receive? I imagine a lot of those mean and disparaging comments would cease. And, I imagine that we’d probably be a little happier and more fulfilled.

“Pick Happy.” It’s a personal mission that one of my former students has for herself. It’s deliberate and it’s actionable. And, it moves her to a better place. I hope that you’ll pick happy too!

 

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