Two or Three Words Which Would Have Changed Your Life

As we grow up/older, we begin to recognize those turns in the road where our Life could have been changed. If we shine the spotlight on those times, we sometimes see Two or Three Words flashing like neon signs. Because it is usually only in hindsight that those words have meaning.

Do you have a favourite Auntie who said Don’t Quit or Wake Up (as in, It’s Time for School or Pay Attention)? A friend who shook their head at your choice in boyfriends or girlfriends and shouted a warning that said Liars Lie or Using You! or She is CRAZY.

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 If we look back, we all received the message, we just didn’t GET the message. (Tweet This)

A recent Facebook post asked, which two or three words would you tell your younger self? Hmm, Two or Three Words? Could a Life truly be changed with just that? How often would we have to hear them before we would listen? 

The comments to this post had a lot of Stay Single, which is kind of scary when you think how many people said it. There was also Stay in School, Respect Yourself, Trust Your Intuition and many more gems.

Such little words, with enough power to change your Life. So I ask you, to take a moment now. Scribble or close your eyes and turn the light onto the rooms of your life. 

Are there two or three words which would have changed your Life, if you’d listened? (Tweet This)

Two or Three Simple Words are probably all we really needed. 

Mixed in with the Two or Three Words that were offered, I read this comment that would have changed someone's Life.  "When the cute guy in the red Camaro stops to say Hi...run for the hills". 

Now that, says it all.

Would love to hear your Two or Three Words, leave a comment for all of us to think about.

Lessons and One Love

During the 5 day work week, if you are like most people, you are engulfed by people. People that you work with, people whom you are tied to for some specific reason. Sometimes if we are fortunate, we like these people, we have a relationship of mutual support. Oftentimes, however we are joined together by a cause (work, committee, club etc) and they are not necessarily someone that we would choose to spend time with. We might even feel that it has been conspired to put us  together, to teach, and definitely to learn from each other.

 I had been involved in a volunteer opportunity for several years that I had enjoyed. Then I switched locations. It did not go as smoothly as it had in the past, because I couldn’t get past the person who volunteered beside me. What I perceived at the time as her superior attitude and strict adherence to every rule was probably at least just a tad unjustified! She made me batty. I don’t remember her name, I probably couldn’t identify her now a few years later, but I do remember how she made me feel. She made me feel wrong, small, and wanting, I did not feel complete.

Now this many years later, I wonder how many times in my life I may have inadvertently made someone else feel that way.

Here’s something from my one of my favourites, in tribute to Bob Marley. Listen and remember the lessons you might have taught someone and the lessons you've learned along the way.