Play Nice
– A Mom
As I sit to write the words of this morning’s letter the reminder comes to me of these two words that have been vibrating over my head during the past several weeks – Play Nice.
I know as a mother, it was used by me countless times over the years. As I a child playing with my brother and sisters it came up quite often too.
I bring it up this morning because after weeks of heartwarming tales unfolding of our athletes playing nice, our political, dare I use the word leaders hit the airwaves. Apparently their mothers forgot to share these words with them. Or remind them that it is not nice to talk poorly of others. Now I know I walk a thin line in discussing politics in this letter. So just let me clarify I am not standing on one side or the other of the political line in voicing these words to you today. I am just thinking it would be a whole lot easier to stomach it all, if these big kids on the political playground could play nice!
One of these days in the not to distant future one of them is going to be our President. How are we all going to respect any of them after all the bashing that has gone on? I heard the other day that it is all part of the political process and I can’t help but think - why? As a businesswoman I cannot imagine trying to get a new client by putting down my competition profusely and continuously in order to gain the confidence of that potential client. It is my company and myself I am selling and that is what I should spend my time talking about. Isn’t it?
It’s kind of like the proverbial teeter-totter or see saw of the playground in that which goes up – must come down. Sooner or later the pull of gravity will create the inevitable outcome.
I can’t help but wonder how our forefathers who wrote the Declaration of Independence would take in our current political process. How would those 57 men who came together to find harmony for the ultimate good of a new America feel about the finger pointing we have been listening to? Benjamin Franklin, one of those men, once said to “avoid trifling conversation.”
The way we play with others can mark the tone of our success in many ways. There is something about working together in a harmony that makes each day, not only more fun on the playground but much more productive as well. How do you find yourself playing each day? Are you in harmony with those you play with? Are they in harmony with you? Would your Mom be proud of the way you find yourself playing?
As you get out on that playground of your life this week – do it with joy and hope that what you do not only makes a difference in your day but in the day of another as well.
Happy Playing!
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