Living for the Line
Isn?t it great when you?re out networking and you meet people you should have met years ago? I recently experienced my first acupuncture appointment and met a wonderful practitioner named Sharin. We talked about family history and she laughed when I proudly told her ?I?m not sick, I just wanted to find out a little bit more about what you do and how you do it.?
An hour later, with lots of questions answered, we found some hidden issues that had been keeping me sleepless for many months and she decided to target that for this first visit.
Like many of you, I?m a talker ? not someone to just lay there and take it, so we started talking about the fast paced world we live in, our families, our dreams and goals,our childhood, and our Moms.
She said her and her sister had revently had the same conversation and had come to the same conclusion…She said ?We’re living for the line?. You see, her Mom had suddenly passed away recently and there was a line out the door and around the funeral home three hours before the viewing. The Funeral Director was one of her customers so they had chosen to stay open many hours past normal closing time so everyone in that line could honor her Mom and offer her family their condolences. “It was overwhelming to see how much she was loved by people we didn’t even know! That?s what I want when I die? Sharin said. “I?m living for that line!?
What made her mom so special I asked? She worked at a small credit union in a small town and of course, knew everyone. In fact when she saw you drive up to do business, she would pull up all your information and have it waiting for you on her computer screen before you even sat down. If you brought in your children or your pet, there was a snack for them as well. She knew your anniversary date,the birthdays of every customer, their spouse?s names, and every one of their children?s names. It was her privilege to serve you and do it well and with a warm heart.
One of my daughter?s recently had talked about adopting a child from a third world country to add to her healthy family of 6 and I asked, ?Honey don?t you think your plate is already full?? And her response was, ?Mom,I believe that you have two choices in the way you take on this life. You can make life work for you ? scheduling your tennis and golf appointments, making your nail and hair appointments, going on exotic and expensive vacations?.or you can work for your life ? constantly growing, experiencing, and making a difference while you?re here. When I die I want to make sure my life is all used up!? It was then I realized, that was her way of saying ?I?m living for the line.?
CSP Sheryl Nicholson is an International Professional Speaker, Keynoter, Author, and Personal Coach sharing real life strategis to improve lives. She’s shares her ideas and stories in many publications and has a blog at http://sheryl.com She’s interviewed often about Making a Difference!
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