Doing Better than Good!

[Esmeralda]

Was just given a copy of this at work and *had* to share...

Doing Better than Good!
by Zig Ziglar

You are doing better than good when you clearly understand that failure is an event, not a person; that yesterday ended last night and today is your brand new day.

You are doing better than good when you know that a success (a win) doesn't make you, and failure (a loss) doesn't break you.

You are doing better than good when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and optimistic about your future.

You are doing better than good when you are filled with faith, hope and love; and live without anger, greed, guilt, envy or thoughts of revenge.

You are doing better than good when you are mature enough to delay gratification and shift your focus from your rights to your responsibiliites.

You are doing better than good when you know that failure to stand for what is morally right is the prelude to being the victim of what is wrong.

You are doing better than good when you are secure in who you are, so you are at peace with God and in fellowship with your fellow men and women.

You are doing better than good when you have made friends of your adversaries, and have gained the respect of those who know you best.

You are doing better than good when you understands that others can give you pleasure, but genuine happiness comes from when you do things for others.

You are doing better than good when you are pleasant to the grouch, courteous to the rude, and generous to the needy.

You are doing better than good when you love the unloveable, give hope to the hopeless, friendship to the friendless, and encouragement to the discouraged.

You are doing better than good when you can look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up with gratitude.

How are you doing better than Good?

I definitely have a long ways to go before I'm better than Good - but this gives me something to shoot for...

[Chrisaholic]

I'm doing better than good when I've overcome my Dad's death and also my Mom and I have done our first Christmas without Daddy.

I know sad issue but hey, for me it's reality.

[Reality Bites]

Thanks for sharing this Es!! I bless you!!

Chrisaholic -- loss is always hard, and is takes great strength to get through the pain of it and not let it consume you. So, yes, I say you're doing better than Good in that retrospect.

And, I guess the sisters by the end of the series were nowhere near doing better than Good. They were barely doing better than Bad.