Woke up this morning with a different feeling in the air. The air outside was crisp, cool and breezy. What a wonderful change that has been anticipated. I love the fall because of the coolness and the wonderful colors all around me. It also gives me a chance to enjoy the outside without sweating to death. YAY!! I am going for a walk this morning. Headphones, tennis shoes on and my hair pulled back I am ready to go. Lets not forget my loyal companion beside me. She is as ready to go just as I am. Noelle my walking partner knows the path I take so well she uses a short cut and beats me to the beginning of the path. She normally does not wait for me because she takes her sweet time and I mean business. When we are walking we resemble the story of the tortoise and the hare. I am the tortoise(steady and keep on the path) and she is the hare(she stops and smells, pees and greets every dog in her path). Our walk is never without a friend or two crossing our path. Friends I mean dog friends. My neighborhood is filled with dogs just hanging out at their homes. All of them have to come out and greet her. Some of them come out and bark and bark and bark but she just ignores them and keeps on walking. Some of the walk with us for a bit and then head back home. This reminds me of human life and how are life is one big walk. We walk with people for a little bit and make a positive impact or we just take from them.
As humans we meet people wherever we go. At the store, work, appointments and when we are out for fun. So as we walk through life we have a responsibility. We make deposits on everyone we meet or we make withdrawls. What do I mean by this. When you come in contact with someone during the day do we make deposit or do we make a withdrawl. A deposit is a positive impact on that person. Example, I have a friend who is so sweet. She always greet you with "hello beautiful" and then a kiss and a hug. She always makes a deposit. You can be having the worst day of your life and she makes you feel so special. She also listens to you. When you are talking to her she is not on her phone is truly listening to what you have to say. Nothing worse than talking to someone and they are on their phone and they say"did you say something?" That's a withdrawals. You just told them in a few words that you are less important than the person on the phone. I also know a person who every times she see me she complains about one thing or another. She always make withdrawals from me. I feel so depleted when she hangs up or walks away. There are so many ways to make deposits in peoples lives. A smile, a touch, or kind words or just listening intentionally. There are so many way to make withdrawals. Such a gossip(someone was talking about you but I wont tell you what they said because that would upset you), complaining, or being just negative. So next time you are heading out for the day decide what are you going to do. Are you going to make more deposits or more with drawls. It is easy to make make withdrawals and it takes a lot to make deposits. You have to think about.
I found this quote: "If you allow people to make more withdrawals than deposits in your life you will
be out of balance and in the negative. Know when to close the account"
