Tag: service

• Focus On Service

  If you focus your attention on being of service, you will have a lot less time for unnecessary conflict.

  In fact, you will have a lot less desire to argue, debate, or fight with people.

  Most people don’t want to be changed by you anyway.

  They don’t want your ideas, opinions, or assistance.

  Focus on the ones who do.

  Spend your time working with the people you are uniquely qualified to help.

  Your life will be better and so will theirs.

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  FOCUS ON SERVICE
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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  July 28, 2024

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• Trust The Process

  You can’t judge your progress by comparing yourself to others.

  You have to do what is right for you.

  Follow your own conscience.

  You are being called to a purpose that is uniquely your own.

  Others may not understand.

  You may not even understand.

  Following your calling requires faith and faith requires courage.

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  TRUST YOUR CALLING
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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  June 19, 2024

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• Draw A Line Of Generosity

  There is a fine line between being generous and being taken advantage of.

  If you are a generous person, it is up to you to draw this line.

  You cannot count on others to draw it for you.

  Nor should you feel sorry for yourself if people take too much when you are unwilling to tell them not to.

  You have to determine how much of yourself you are and are not willing to give.

  And then you have to be willing to stand behind your decision.

  The most generous people have to set the firmest boundaries.

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  DRAW A LINE OF OF GENEROSITY
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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  June 17, 2024

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• Prioritize People

  Prioritize people.

  No matter what your principles are, caring about others must be a priority.

  If not, your priorities are misaligned.

  At the end of the day, your relationships define your life.

  Your accomplishments mean nothing if you have helped no one along the way.

  Your legacy is made through the people you have touched and changed in your lifetime.

  Prioritize people over power, property, and prestige, and your life will have a long-lasting sense of meaning and purpose.

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  PRIORITIZE PEOPLE
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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  June 16, 2024

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• A Living Protest

  If you want to make a change in the world, start by changing yourself.

  Make your life a living protest of that which you abhor by living well.

  Protest through goodness.

  Protest through kindness.

  Protest through forgiveness.

  Protest through peace and joy.

  The most powerful form of protest is to live a good life and to help others do the same.

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  A LIVING PROTEST
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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  June 14, 2024

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