Comments on: Successful People & Habits for Life Changing Results

By: Susie Murphy

Susie Murphy — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 09:07:32 +0000

In reply to Kristen Lamb. Ha ha, that's brilliant - there will always be moments where useless random trivia will shine!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 20:04:18 +0000

I’m definitely a big believer in symbiosis. There’s the age old question “How can I expect others to read my writing if I’m not willing to do the same?”
It’s funny how often success is portrayed as one rising above the rest, when the reality is “we rise together”.
I think what I most like about writing is how it allows us to have rich conversations with other people that we might otherwise never interact with. Even if I never meet an author in person, they’ve shared their thoughts and ideas through their writing.

Outside of writing one of my main interests is crafting, particularly Halloween costumes. I like to take a hat, maybe a bit of PVC from Home Depot, and a few other innocuous items from Joan Fabrics, and combine them into a semblance of a costume (with a healthy dose of paint or tape to create the necessary colors). I’m not an engineer, and I have little skill with needle and thread, but I like creating things, even if all I’m doing is combining a few existing props and pieces of clothing.

By: Lynn Kelley

Lynn Kelley — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 20:53:05 +0000

This post is full of wisdom. I’ve heard of several people who were seriously ill, but instead of focusing on their own illness, they reached out to others in their community who were in desperate need. As it turns out, serving others is healing and extremely healthy for us.

One of my passions is playing around with movie clips in iMovie and trying special effects. In this YT video (one of my favorites), I recorded my grandson’s baby babble and used parts of it that sounded like he was actually speaking real words. Then I put a conversation together with parts of his babbling and added some voice overs to make it sound like a discussion. This was for a blog post to go with Debra Kristi’s Thor project. She asked her blog subscribers if we wanted the Thor action figure to be mailed to us so we could spend a day with him and write a blog post, then mail it on to the next writer who had signed up.

Turned out to be great fun! Mighty Thor Irritated With One-Year-Old Baby: https://youtu.be/-k-h6xGg0Vc

By: Lynn Kelley

Lynn Kelley — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 20:37:30 +0000

In reply to Mary Van Everbroeck. LOL, Mary!

By: Brian Dale Pope

Brian Dale Pope — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:55:07 +0000

I’m an author, having published a novel on Amazon. In addition, I’m a husband, a salesman, and perhaps my most unique role:
I’m a Jehovah’s Witness whisperer.
Yes, I have been reaching out to them with love and care, attempting to help them to be set free from that high-control religious group. It involves a lot of listening and serving, as you describe. If you know of any Jehovah’s Witnesses, or those who have family and/or friends trapped in that system, let them know about my blog, which I think will be helpful to them (listed below under “website”).
Take care, and thanks for all you do! I have been learning a lot from you!

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:10:49 +0000

In reply to Laura Irrgang. AWESOME! And thanks for the encouragement!

By: Amy tasukada

Amy tasukada — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:34:27 +0000

I write to a writing summit and one of the people there remembered all 250 of our names. At the end Ben Hale went around and said them all. His take away statement was ‘you are worth remembering’ so from then I’ve tried harder to remember people’s names.

By: Chere' Evans

Chere' Evans — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:35:50 +0000

Kristen, powerful words here, and I thank you. As you point out, it’s so easy to convince oneself of altruistic intentions when really personal motivations are so much more complex and regularly have an element of self-serving in them somewhere. So I love your point that we just have to keep being intentional about it: look at other people in the eye, learn their name, stop thinking about what we want to say (sell/obtain) and start thinking about the other person’s needs and wants.

I too am “bad at names” – and your point about “remembering when it is important” is well taken.

I’m a blog “lurker” and am very rarely a commenter. But this post was so excellent that it was definitely time to join in. 🙂

Good stuff here.

By: Renee Wittman

Renee Wittman — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:52:55 +0000

In reply to Jess Peters. Thank you for the link! I wasn't aware of this Kick starter. :-) I've been very lucky with my EDS and have actually improved enough to get off disability and go back to work. I can't imagine balancing work and EDS with kids! Hats off to your friend for her efforts, hats off to you for still trucking along and thinking of others, and thank you for reaching out to me. <3

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:25:34 +0000

In reply to Jess Peters. The thing is we tend to believe service is the BIG stuff. Nope. It's a small accumulation of daily acts of kindness. Marriages, businesses, families, friendships etc. don't implode over one thing. Usually it's an accumulation of the small things. The small indifferences, the small slights or cruelties. They pile up like oily rags and left alone long enough? Combust. Kindness is the antidote. It's the asking someone about their day and waiting long enough to hear the response. The smile. The compliment. The little things are always the biggest of all and ((HUGS)). I know what it's like to be taken out by an illness and your own body turn against you. It's terrifying, frustrating, and on and on. I get it. And it is especially frustrating for us crusaders who love to help and serve. Yet, peace is wonderful medicine. And never underestimate the power of a small act of kindness. It can be the thing that changes someone's day or even life.