Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love

It's Tuesday but I really wanted to share these couple of emails from yesterday's Happy Monday.

From: Anthony
To: Staff
Subject: Quote of the day

Hello Staff!!

Happy Monday.

I thought I'd share my favorite quote of the day,

I will strive for awesome, but let me get some more coffee.

-- Yvonne

Yes, this is what we have to read on our cranky Monday morning. The irony around here can be quite staggering. If only coffee could make her awesome.

Then of course, later in the day, a flurry of emails from our very own CEO. I edited it so only the most entertaining parts are included.

From: Lorraine
To: Management Staff
Subject: Management Meetings Update

There have been some concerns on how these meetings to date seem to drag on. As in our general staff meeting, we will rotate meeting facilitation & minute taking. WE will keep each other to the tasks at hand, re-establish ground rules, conduct check-ins, delineate action steps, and move full steam ahead. The following principles, taken from Don Miguel Ruiz's "the Four Agreements", can provide us with a wee pathway for getting started:

1. Be Impeccable With Your Word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

2. Don't Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

3. Don't Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

What I am requesting from each of you is an assurance that every effort will be made not to leave the room with unclarified questions regarding agenda topics discussed or if you require to think over that which has been stated, to be proactive, validate and communicate to the group the results of your individual processing.

"There may be gold in them thar hills" and it should be shared.

P.S. Remember this is a learning organization, but each of us must be willing to teach as well as to learn.

P.P.S. Laughter does have a significant place in our universe, bring it on!!!

I'll give her one thing, as a friend put it, she does bring the laughter. In fact if I had a nickel for every unintentionally funny thing said or done round here...

You get my point.