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Five important lessons worth sharing

Read these 5 lessons about the way we treat people.

 First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady

 During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"

 Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade.

 "Absolutely, " said the professor. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They

deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say "hello."

 I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.

 Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain

 One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960's. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistanc! e and put her into a taxicab.

 She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It read:

 "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away... God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others."

Sincerely,

 Mrs. Nat King Cole.

 

Third Important Lesson - Always remember those who serve.

 In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.

 "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked. "Fifty cents," replied the waitress.

 The little boy pulled is hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient.

"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied. The little boy again counted his coins.

 

"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

 

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice

cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the

table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies.

 You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.

 

Fourth Important Lesson - The obstacle in Our Path

 In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

 Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from

the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant

learned what many of us never understand!

 Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

 

Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts

 Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would

 be willing to give his blood to his sister.

 I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it if it will save her."

As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away".

 Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.

 

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Five Simple Exercises for Improving your Willpower

Being successful is largely about gaining control over some aspects of the external world. But it's difficult to do that until you've got control over the internal world of yourself. In life, the strength of your self-discipline very often determines the likelihood of your success. Because of that, self-control is a skill worth developing.

And it is just another skill that can be practiced and improved upon – like tennis, playing the piano or programming a computer.

You can see evidence of this simply by watching children. Most of them have terrible self-control. They

squirm, lose their tempers, and do the wrong thing no matter how much you threaten or reward them not to. A cookie jar and an adult with a turned-back is all it takes to shatter any child's self-discipline.

 Here are some simple exercises you can do if you need to build up your own willpower.

 1. Drop a small bad habit: I went to the dentist for a check-up a couple of years ago and found I'd developed my first ever cavity. The dentist asked me if I'd been eating anything sweet. The only thing I could think of was the teaspoon of sugar I added to my twice-daily cup of tea. Apparently, doing this coats the teeth in sugar and leads to cavities.

No problem, I simply stopped putting sugar in my tea. At first, it didn't taste as nice, but now I actually prefer it that way.

 

This is an example of dropping a small bad habit. Other examples include giving up a regular afternoon

snack, pressing the snooze button on the alarm clock, or having one too many coffees a day. Giving up

something small but significant is great self-discipline practice.

 

2. Learn something boring but useful: Most people skip learning important skills simply because doing so is boring. Consider skills like grammar, punctuation, financial literacy, technical skills and the like. I'm sure you can think of at least one such skill that you could do with brushing up on.

 

Go down to the library or bookstore and pick up a book on the topic you choose. Make sure it's something

necessary that you have distaste for. Now read that book all the way through within the next week.

 

3. Do something you know you should every day for a week: We all have things we know we should be doing but aren't. Perhaps for you it's regular exercise, household chores, or getting up earlier. Choose one such activity and set a week where you'll do it for a set amount of time every day. Make a rule with yourself that for every day you miss, you'll add two days to the end of that week.

 

4. Set yourself an achievable, but difficult goal with a date for reaching it: Build yourself a willpower game

around a particular goal. Perhaps it could be giving up smoking, losing a certain amount of weight, or reading a particular number of books. Organized events such as fun-runs are also good.

 

Make sure it's something that's reachable with a high level of certainty (such as quitting smoking) as long as your will holds. In other words, no external events other than your own self-discipline should be able to have a major impact.

Develop a single-minded focus on achieving that goal by the set date. Don't let yourself pass the day without reaching it.

 

5. Have a month where you ban yourself from putting anything off: Every day we get tasks, which can be

done immediately, but usually, aren't. Good examples are paying the bills, emptying the dishwasher, or

starting a college assignment. Put aside a month where you'll refuse to allow yourself to put such things off.

As soon as the task becomes known, force yourself just to do it. Don't allow yourself to wait for even five

minutes before getting started, and get the task finished as soon as is humanly possible.