Would you prefer filet mignon steak or beef stew?
For most folks there is no comparison. Filet mignon wins hands down, especially if someone else is buying!
There are as many grades of beef as there are human attitudes. Now I am not saying all life experiences should be prime ones. Ground beef, ground chuck, pot roast and beef stew are viable alternatives. A diet of all candy or a diet of all prime beef is not as good for you as a diet of various cuts of beef as well as chicken, seafood or even occasionally a vegetarian meal for us meat lovers.
Attitudes also have various grades just like beef at the butcher shop. A perennially “do gooder” is questionable company as is a chronic complainer. Both are seldom listened to for more than a few minutes. Do you really want to spend your valuable time with someone who cannot find even the tiniest bit of good in anything? Perhaps a Pollyanna is worse yet! Both can do a mighty fine job of getting your dander up.
It is wise therefore, for us to each take an inventory of our verbalized attitudes. Solitary grumpiness is our choice to make, but we need to button our lips in public for the well being of others. Although valid feedback can lead to prosperity of businesses and even in folks’ lives, incessant negativity is as deadly, and unwanted, as a viper bite.
Beginning tonight, and every night to come, take a truthful inventory of your lip service during the day. Was there an appropriate balance of negatives and positives being “fed” into your surroundings? Did your cohorts benefit from your care-filled lip service today?
Neither all sweetness and light nor all negativity is appropriate, but hopefully there was far less gristle-y beef in the stew of your surroundings. The news headlines have more than enough gristle for all of us, so consider adding some sweetness to your day tomorrow. Perhaps not full strength sugar, but rather some lighter, low calorie sweetener to evoke a smile and gratitude for your presence rather than making stomachs turn at your approach.
Were you a sugar cube or were you stew today? You may not know the answer, but I bet your colleagues do!!
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