So often we let things pass us by without saying what we think. We may see something or hear something and it triggers a thought but how many times do we say what we're thinking?
While thinking of someone can generate warm feelings, it can make a huge difference if, just now and again, you let another person know that they came into your thoughts at that moment on that day, because, in so doing, you make them feel good too! Be it a text message, a card, an email, a phone call or a small gift, choose your method of communication but make the effort, because it takes something very little to mean something very big to the recipient.
...And while I'm on the subject of letting people know what you think, I ask that you spend a minute or two letting us know what you think of Bags of Goodness! While we happily keep going, it would be really useful if you gave us your honest feeedback about you like or what's missing at Bags of Goodness.
We know that what you say is important, not just to those you know and love but what you say to us matters too, so please, take a moment and look again at our website and tell us what we could do to make it even better! Consider our products, our prices and the website itself, including the concept of what Bags of Goodness is all about.
P.S. Please don't just tell us what you think we want to hear, compliments are always welcome but feedback of any kind works for us! Just be honest! Thanks!
Do it ...just because!
Don't be put off by the title of this post! .....Instead follow this link to the blog post with the same title, that was written by Bronnie Ware. A modern day philanthropist, Bronnie Ware has, through her life experience of working with patients in palliative care, written a summary of 5 key regrets which perfectly describe how we should all focus a little more on the way we spend our lives day to day.
As I read it I thought about the aspects of my own life that I should change, and it was after a recent discussion with a friend about that very word - 'should' - that I realised that change won't happen unless I change my own language, the way I talk to myself and thus change my approach to life. The 5 Regrets of the Dying start each sentence with the words 'I wish..' because it's really too late for them to re-live their life. Their regrets have nothing to do with money, career or material wealth, which should be obvious to us all really, because when we leave, the only thing that matters about what we leave behind are the memories. There are no amount of material possessions that can replace the feeling of having people in your life.
If you're fortunate enough to have good health, read and take note of what it means to be alive and well by the people who are not as fortunate as you are. I hope that reading The Regrets of the Dying blog will stop you in your tracks if only for a moment and get you to think - it certainly stopped me! Whatever our regrets of our past are, let's not make them regrets in our future.
