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I RECENTLY ATTENDED A PROGRAM WHERE A CHILDREN’S CHOIR SANG A FEW SONGS.

THE FOCUS OF THE NIGHT WAS ON INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUILDING COMMUNITY, AND A NUMBER OF  EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD SPOKE TO US ABOUT SIMPLE CHANGES  WE ALL COULD MAKE IN THE WAY WE ALL LIVE OUR LIVES . AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, THE KIDS SANG A SONG THAT SAID IT ALL. IN FACT, IF THE KIDS HAD SUNG FIRST, WE PROBABLY COULD’VE SKIPPED THE TWO HOURS OF SPEAKERS!

THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY JILL AND SY MILLER IN 1955. IT’S A SIMPLE SONG CALLED, “LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH.”

LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME.
LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH, THE PEACE THAT WAS MEANT TO BE.

THE CHILDREN WEREN’T ASKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF FINDING HARMONY AMONGST THEM, THEY SAID IT WILL BEGIN WITH ME!

Sing it, Charlie Brown!

 

SO OFTEN IN THIS CURRENT STATE OF THE MARKET, FILLED WITH UNCERTAINTY, WE LOOK OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES FOR THE ANSWERS TO OUR CHALLENGES. IT’S EASIER THAT WAY, TO FRAME THE SITUATION IN A WAY THAT SOMEONE ELSE CONTROLS YOUR RESULTS. THE GOVERNMENT, THE ECONOMY, THE WEATHER, THE CUBS LOSING, THE CHANGING OF OUR VALUES, THE CUSTOMER NOT BEING LOYAL TO BRANDS ANYMORE, AND ON AND ON AND ON. YOU KNOW THE REASONS BETTER THAN ME. BUT IN THIS SONG, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHALLENGE OF LIVING IN HARMONY IS IMMENSE AND DIFFICULT. BUT THESE CHILDREN SANG AND CHALLENGED US; WHATEVER THE SOLUTION TO LIFE’S OBSTACLES AND ISSUES, IT MUST BEGIN WITH ME.

AS SO SHOULD IT BE WITH YOU AS YOU LEAD YOUR TEAM, YOUR COMPANY, YOUR SOCCER TEAM, YOUR FAMILY. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE SITUATION AND RESULTS, THEN LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND MAKE THAT CHANGE.

“YOU” IS REALLY THE ONLY THING WE CONTROL 100%.

LET PEACE BEGIN WITH ME; LET THIS BE THE MOMENT NOW.
WITH EVERY STEP I TAKE, LET THIS BE MY SOLEMN VOW;
TO TAKE EACH MOMENT, AND LIVE EACH MOMENT IN PEACE ETERNALLY!
LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH, AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME!

YOUR SYSTEM AND ORGANIZATION ARE RUNNING PERFECTLY TO ACHIEVE THE RESULTS YOUR ARE GETTING RIGHT NOW. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH YOUR RESULTS, YOU MUST CHANGE THE SYSTEMS AND ORGANIZATION THAT ARE GIVING YOU THESE RESULTS.

LET IT BEGIN WITH ME!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

Woo hoo!