Broken

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We are not here to fix.

People aren’t broken including ourselves.

They are different, they might be having a difficult period, a rough day, had some bad news, who knows?

They have something that they want to share.

Resist the temptation to fix.

Instead, listen, support, empathise and show love. Apply the same to ourselves, resist the beat up and fix approach, just be compassionate, we are not broken.

That does not mean you can not offer advice or give help. But listen first, as the person may not need help, they just want someone to listen, to share something with, to say something kind.

We are all worthy, we do not need fixing, we are just right in our imperfect condition.

Leaving a legacy

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Olympic games have to build in legacy.

Like so many corporate strategies, it’s hollow and manipulative.

Even the dictionary definition immediately jumps to define it as ‘an amount of money or property left to someone in a will’.

Legacy is what we leave behind with people other than the shallow shit of money and property.

It is the activities, kindness, love, companionship, empathy, support, and help. It is the time we have given to do these things with others.

This is then left as memories etched in people’s minds forever.

Leaving a legacy is not about achievement, money or stuff, it’s about the simple human stuff that makes us and others happy.

It’s often the small things that make a huge difference.

Don’t ponder for a lifetime how you will leave your legacy, it is simple, start now. Be kind, love, help and empathise with yourself and others.

This is what you leave after you have gone, this is what the people who matter will remember and cherish.