Who Is Relying On You?
Your actions carry weight. Every action comes at a cost and with a consequence.
To help us be more aware of our actions, I think it's important to stop and ask ourselves, "who is relying on me?"
There is always someone relying on you. Your actions and decisions affect other people, whether you want to or not.
For parents, your children are obviously relying on you. But this applies to everyone, not just parents.
Our friends are relying on us. Our co-workers are relying on us. Those within our sphere of influence are relying on us. Those coming after us are looking to the example we've previously set.
Actions that have negative consequences affect more people than just ones self. Being aware of this should help form our decisions. Selfish acts ultimately hurt ourselves, but unfortunately there are other unintended casualties.
Take stock, who is relying on you? Who is looking to your example? Who in the future will be following your example?
Once you take stock, you can assume there are more people than you realize. We often don't know who all are looking to us for examples. And we may never know who all it is or was. But we can know there are people who are relying on our examples.
This doesn't mean to act like we live a perfect and mistake free life. It means owning our mistakes when we make them and showing others that it's okay to make mistakes. Just own the mistakes and learn from them, then move forward.
Someone will be making a decision in the future based on the example you're setting today.
Your actions carry weight.
To help us be more aware of our actions, I think it's important to stop and ask ourselves, "who is relying on me?"
There is always someone relying on you. Your actions and decisions affect other people, whether you want to or not.
For parents, your children are obviously relying on you. But this applies to everyone, not just parents.
Our friends are relying on us. Our co-workers are relying on us. Those within our sphere of influence are relying on us. Those coming after us are looking to the example we've previously set.
Actions that have negative consequences affect more people than just ones self. Being aware of this should help form our decisions. Selfish acts ultimately hurt ourselves, but unfortunately there are other unintended casualties.
Take stock, who is relying on you? Who is looking to your example? Who in the future will be following your example?
Once you take stock, you can assume there are more people than you realize. We often don't know who all are looking to us for examples. And we may never know who all it is or was. But we can know there are people who are relying on our examples.
This doesn't mean to act like we live a perfect and mistake free life. It means owning our mistakes when we make them and showing others that it's okay to make mistakes. Just own the mistakes and learn from them, then move forward.
Someone will be making a decision in the future based on the example you're setting today.
Your actions carry weight.
Owning our mistakes, takes great courage! Once owned, it sets you free; if you will let it!! Every move you make!! Every vow you brake!! Every smile you fake!! Every claim you stake!! "I'll Be Watching You!"
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