How you treat others is how you invite them to treat you.

What It Means to Teach People How to Treat You Are You Teaching People to Treat You Badly? The Secret of Self-Respect: We Teach Other People How to Treat Us

Do Something Nice Day This is basically another "random acts of kindness" day so go out and be nice! World Teachers' Day At the heart of the educational system, teachers hold the keys to a better future for all. They are a powerful force for peace. By transmitting universal values such as human rights, respect, justice and cultural diversity, they help transform younger generations into global citizens of the 21st century. The chronic teacher shortage compromises our ability to deliver the human right to a quality education, the very foundation for lasting peace and sustainable development. ( source ) by UNESCO “We face today a global learning crisis, with 250 million children not learning the basics...." "A global shortage of teachers has pressured many countries into hiring educators with little or no training, undermining the educational progress of numerous school-age children around the world...." World Habitat Day World Habitat Day a...

Bring Your Manners to Work Day Office Etiquette: Tips To Overcome Bad Manners At Work Modern Etiquette: Minding your manners in the workplace 6 Ways to Combat Kitchen Chaos at the Office How to Properly Handle an Office Mistake Newspaper Carrier Day An almost extinct job but with a long history . National Newspaper Carrier Day celebrates the history of newspaper delivery that stemmed from enterprising kids In high school one of my besties delivered newspapers in the mornings before school. She and her siblings did it at the direction of her Dad. I never did do it, nor did my brothers, I thought it seemed complicated - trying to drive and throw a newspaper to the right driveway.  I'm pretty sure I would have caused many accidents, both car and broken windows, etc. *grin* Lazy Mom's Days HA!  Even when it looks like we are being lazy we aren't. There is always something going on in my mind about parenting my children.  For example, while working on my blog e...

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.   Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor had a lot of wisdom.  Too many times we practice the opposite of what she suggests.  We handle ourselves with our hearts and others with our heads.  I'm so guilty of this.  I forget that really it needs to be the other way around.  With myself I can't handle things with my heart, I must approach it with my head.  Why is that?   Because our hearts deceive us .  I know you want to protest that you have a good heart.  Sure you do.  And sure you don't.  Our hearts have moments of goodness but unless we relinquish the control of our hearts to the One who created it then our hearts get us into trouble.  Our hearts like to pet our egos and tell us we are right and everyone else is wrong.  You know its true because there have been moments in your life when you have carried a behavior out as far as it can go and all...

Some people create their own storms, then get upset when it rains! Unknown People crack me up.  (I am people so I crack me up too.)  We behave and speak in ways that create drama around us, that create high maintenance expectations, that stir pots and cause thunder and then when it all breaks loose we get huffy and blame everyone but ourselves.  We are outraged that "such and such" happened or that "so and so" ended the relationship, etc.  REALLY?  What did we expect?  We are the problem. Let's all just take a step back and get a little perspective. WE ARE THE PROBLEM. When we create the drama with our behavior and words then we are the problem.   When we expect people to treat us with white gloves and silver settings (i.e. we are high maintenance) then we are the problem.    When we stir pots and cause thunder with our treatment of other people, our poor work ethic, our "it's all about me" attitu...

Don't do something permanently stupid just because you're temporarily upset.   Unknown When we get upset we can act irrationally.  Sometimes what we do isn't temporary but can have a permanent outcome.  Our actions are not contained just to ourselves, they are like dominoes and as we do something it falls into another action and off it goes from there.  To think that what we do, or say, affects only us is a very narrow and selfish viewpoint to have.  Our actions affect others, whether we see that or not.  When angry, frustrated, jealous, insecure, etc focus on responding rather than reacting.  Reacting generally leads to something that would fall in the category of "permanently stupid", responding is the evidence of self-control because a response always comes out of thinking before speaking or doing.  Take a moment to get outside of yourself and see the bigger picture.  When we allow our emotions to...

Is fat really the worst thing a human being can be? Is fat worse than vindictive, jealous, shallow, vain, boring, evil, or cruel?  Not to me.   J.K. Rowling Rowling asks the best question.  I've actually been thinking about this lately.  We look at someone and immediately assign value to them based on their appearance.  And the sad reality is that we look at overweight people, specifically, and we pass judgment on them.  We, out loud or quietly, degrade them by assuming they are lazy, undisciplined, lacking self-control, etc.  If watching Biggest Loser has taught me anything it has taught me that overweight people are overweight for a reason and it isn't laziness, lack of discipline (at the core of the issue), etc.  And it has proved that overweight people are kind and generous and most importantly have value and worth.  I'd rather be friends with someone overweight but amazing than friends with someone who fits the mold of our culture but ...