A Motto
My son Nick once asked me if I had a motto.
I told him I didn’t really have one, but I quickly thought of 3 that I could ascribe to.
The first motto I thought of is actually one of my favorite scriptures and one I try to live by. It’s Micah 6:8 which says “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?”
The second one is “Don’t sweat the small stuff. And it’s all small stuff.” Somebody gave me a small book with that title, and it is a fantastic attitude.
The third one is “Is this the hill to die on?” I don’t remember where I first heard that, but it’s also good advice and I share it often with people who are about to step over a ledge for something that doesn’t really matter.
It could also probably be set to music and used as a theme song for Enneagram 9’s.
How about you. What’s your motto?
Never thought about it. But my favorite Scripture is Numbers 6:24-26. I guess if I had to pick one it would be Don’t seek blessings, be a blessing.
Not sure it’s a motto, but this is poem has served as a guidepost for me for a long time…
Look to this Day by Kalidasa
Look to this day For it is life,
the very best of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the truths and realities of your existence.
The joy of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendor of beauty
Are but experiences of time.
For yesterday is but a memory
And tomorrow is only a vision
But today if well-lived,
Makes every yesterday a memory of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope
Look well therefore to this day;
For it and it alone is life.