I couldn’t tell you exactly when I added it to my email signature…(which led me down a LLOOOONNNNGGG rabbit hole). I found it for the first time on an email dated 7-5-2012. Prior to that point my signature had read “Making the world a little brighter in our neck of the woods”, which was appropriate because we actually lived in the woods in New Mexico. I think I was looking for something shorter and more succinct after our move to Arizona. Something I could say easily and that I could teach my children to live.
The result: Do Good. Be Kind. was added to the end of every email communication I sent out. And it began to change me. It made me stop and pause before I made a decision, a comment, a judgement. And that pause often allowed time for a change in my attitude and perspective.
My kids would all tell you it’s what I say most, but I hope they would also tell you that it’s what I live even more.
That’s the purpose of a life’s mantra.
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