Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters by John C. Maxwell

Author:John C. Maxwell [Maxwell, John C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Business & Economics / Personal Success, Self-Help / Motivational & Inspirational, Business & Economics / Motivational, Business & Economics / Leadership, Business & Economics / Management
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2015-10-06T07:00:00+00:00

You know you truly value yourself when each day you silently affirm that you are the type of person with whom you would like to spend the rest of your life.

2. To Add Value to Others I Must Value Others

Mother Teresa said, “One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.” As a pastor, I spent a lot of time visiting people in nursing homes over the years. One of the heartbreaks for me was the people I saw who never had family visiting them. Does anybody even know they’re here? I’d wonder. Does anyone even care?

When I did weekly hospital visits, I would often check in with the front desk to see if there were any people who had not been visited by anyone since my last call. And I did my best to look in on those who’d had no visitors. I didn’t always get to everyone, but I surely tried.

Recently while I was speaking in San Diego, a friend gave me a copy of a poem that has made the rounds on the Internet. It was originally written in 1966 by a nurse named Phyllis McCormack, who worked with geriatric patients. When I read the words, it spoke to me because of my experiences in hospitals and nursing homes:

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