“Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goeth
Perhaps behavior is more like a two-way mirror; it’s how everyone else sees you, regardless of what you see in the mirror…
Tag Archives: Behavior
Faithfully patient…
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.”
Joyce Meyer
What is the difference between waiting patiently and how one might behave when waiting impatiently?
Maybe this is a better question. What is it that others exhibit when you believe they are waiting patiently? What do you like? What do you not like? Why is it that some seem to have more patience than others?
Patience seems to me to be a result of something bigger. Faith perhaps?
Turn the other cheek…
“Never regret being a good person, to the wrong people. Your behavior says everything about you, and their behavior says enough about them.”
Author Unknown
Do you value self over others or do you put the needs of others over self? If you are the former then you are a person who won’t regret being a good person, even if it hurts your own interests on occasion.
I am reminded of this verse from the book of Matthew.
“‘But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.‘” Matthew 5:38-40,42-43
I would argue that that an occasional “setback” because you are true to yourself, and your values, is well worth it. I would far rather be known as a person that is consistently good, even to those who would do me harm, than a person who is seeking to put myself above others…
Be the change…
“Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you’d like to act.”
Bob Dylan
There is such power in these words. Changing your behavior is hard, but much easier if you have a clear picture in your mind of what, or who, you want to be. Then you just have to do it one simple step at a time, one day at a time.
Rome wasn’t built in a day, nor is the person you were born to be. You have to decide to make the changes, and then just do it.