Monday

It has been quite the heat wave here for the last few days. My wife and I made sure to go swimming the last few days to cool off. If you were in a heat wave I hope that you had a chance to cool down by swimming too! If not stay indoors and enjoy the A/C. I left off sometime last week with Governor Mike Huckabee's book From Hope to Higher Ground and I decided to continue on with his wisdom in today's blog. This chapter that I finished reading was about thinking horizontally. I think we all do this. We get into a comfort zone and just keep doing the same things over and over. Well here are Governor Huckabee's 12 Action Steps to stop thinking horizontally.

1. Open doors for others
2. Tip waiters and waitresses generously.
3. Attend worship services every week.
4. Compliment a co-worker.
5. Always say "Thank you"
6. Know the name of the person who cleans your office building. (If you work in one of course)
7. Never ask for anything without saying "please".
8. Don't use profanity.
9. Just for the fun of it, allow someone behind you in the checkout line to go first
10. If you see a parent or child together at a ball game, shopping, or a park, say, "It just does my heart good to see a parent spend time with his/her child".
11. Always pull over to the side of the road when a funeral processionb approaches, and once a year visit a cemtery and read the headstones.
12. Purchase some inexpensive umbrellas and give them to total strangers on a rainy day.

The thing I like about all of Governor Huckabee's 12 step ideas are that they are all very easy to do and follow. It all is up to you to do it and it does not depend on anyone else. Over the next few days I will continue to feature his 12 steps from every chapter. I hope that you are enjoying these because they give me new things to try every single day. God Bless