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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Posting Truth on My Heart

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
— Maya Angelou

How true this statement is. And it punched me this time as hard as it did the last time I saw it. I instantly started replaying recent encounters with people in my head, looking at them with new eyes... and cringing at how self absorbed I am sometimes.
Without realizing it we can build someone up or hurt them in a millisecond... with a word, a gesture, a look...
This is a reminder I'd like to keep before me at all times, throughout each day. For those of you I have the privilege of rubbing up against regularly, it's okay to remind me!

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