The Best Minute: On generosity, habits, and waking up

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Matt Chandler on the motivation for why God’s people should be generous:

“The motive of the generosity of the people of God finds its root in the generosity of God towards his people.”

II. Albert Gray, a life insurance executive at Prudential, discussing the importance of habits in the 1940s:

“Every single qualification for success is acquired through habit. People form habits and habits form futures. If you do not deliberately form good habits, then unconsciously you will form bad ones. You are the kind of person you are because you have formed the habit of being that kind of person, and the only way you can change is through habit.”

2 IDEAS FROM ME

I. What time you get up in the morning is nowhere near as important as what you do once you get up.

II. Legalism occurs when what you do is more important than why you do it

1 RANDOM FACT

Your emotions last even longer than your memory.

Many people can remember how they emotionally felt during a certain situation, even if the finer details are hazy. Studies of people with amnesia and Alzheimer’s find the same results. Even if someone cannot remember who they are, they can remember the emotions of their past life.

Source: Facinate