Grace

Grace, it’s a word that I have heard used a lot lately. That got me thinking what does grace mean?

According to Oxford dictionary the top three definitions of are:

Oxford goes onto say that grace is generous, free, and totally unexpected and undeserved.

So, really grace is in all definitions of the words a personality trait. It is how we choose to live.

When we choose to live selfishly, we are choosing to put ourselves before others and sometimes we have too. That is just a fact. But how do we intertwine grace and self?

Ask yourself this question? Am I doing this because it makes me look good or am I doing this because it is the right thing to do? If you can honestly answer that question with it is the right thing to do whether or not someone else is going to like the outcome, the next question you should ask yourself is, how do I approach this so the least amount pain is inflicted on someone? That is the key. That is where grace comes in.

We need to approach how we interact with people as we want people to treat us. And lot of times that means we need to give them grace and sometimes grace upon grace. It is so hard. It is maybe one of the hardest things that we can do as a society. Treat people as we want to treated. Did you provide time for someone else today? Did you listen? Did you smile? Did you wait that extra minute to see if someone answered the question of how are you? If you did then maybe, you gave someone grace.

It’s hard because it is something we don’t think about and lately it seems like it is further from our minds then usual.

So, my friends your challenge this week is to look for grace and remind people that you’re glad you had a chance to interact with them. Maybe it’s just a smile or a simple how are you, but the challenge is to keep trying to change the negative to the positive.

Until next time,

Juli