The Best Minute: On how to treat others, Christianity, and reducing distractions
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. George Washington Carver on how to treat others:
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."
II. John Mark Comer on the historicity of Christianity:
“The writers of the Bible didn't view things like how we should spend our money, who we sleep with, or even the resurrection of Jesus from the dead as opinion or conjecture. They viewed them as reality.
This is one of the starkest differences between the gospel of Jesus and other major world religions; more than any other form of spirituality, the New Testament is based on events in history. The Bible is full of times, dates, names, places. The four Gospels aren't mythology but history.”
2 IDEAS FROM ME
I. Here are four ways to reduce distractions from your phone:
Turn off all notifications
Leave your phone on do not disturb during working hours
Put it somewhere you have to physically move to access it
Take email off your phone
II. Often times we don’t hit our goals, not because our goals are too big, but because our steps to get there are too big.
Maybe you can’t lose 5 pounds in a day, but you can decide to drink water instead of soda for lunch
Maybe you can’t read 3 books in a week, but you can read one chapter a day
Maybe you can’t (or don’t want to) quit social media altogether, but you can proactively schedule when and for how long you will be on social media
Don’t worry about how long it takes you to get there, worry about what small habits you can create to sustain you along the way.
1 INTERESTING FACT
Martin Luther King Jr. got a C in public speaking.
Everyone remembers Dr. King as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement and often quotes his “I Have a Dream” speech that he delivered in 1963. However, over a decade before his legendary speech, while attending Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, he earned a C in public speaking during his first and second term.
Source: RD
1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
What areas of my life am I maintaining when I need to be growing?
