Treating all people well

 This morning as I enjoyed my morning coffee out on the deck, I was blessed with reading “The collected wisdom of Michelle Obama” in the Reader’s Digest,  Dec. 2011/an 2012.   What caught my eye was the statement: “You have to practice  success.  Success doesn’t just show up. If you aren’t practicing success today, you won’t wake up in 20 years and be successful, because you won’t have developed the habits of success, which are small things like finishing what you start, putting a lot of effort into everything you do, being on time, treating people well.”

 The Spirit challenged me about treating all people well—all people: those who  help us with mechanical problems we are unable to solve, those who keep our cars running smoothly, our computers updated, our printers top notch machines, those who assist us when we travel, city workers, firemen/women, pastors, garbage technicians, etc.   

The thought stayed with me: God is not going to ask you, Dorothy Ann, how busy you have been or even how successful you have been, but how loving and caring and compassionately you have treated anyone with whom you interact on any given day!