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grace labHanging on the wall at the Grace Clinic lab in Lubbock – addressed to people referred to as “patient.”

Now that’s refreshing.  To a group of people (and it was a huge group on this day, smack in the middle of flu season) who would probably rather be anywhere else and had precious little time, somebody noticed – and planned to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.  The message:  We recognize you have a life outside what it is we do here. 

What if we reapplied that idea to other common experiences?  Imagine the signs you may see that reflect tiny investments in your life, or the lives of others. 

Hanging in a coffee shop: [click to continue…]

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How Nice People Come Across as Insensitive Jerks

by Andy Wood on December 5, 2007

insensitiveTake a look in the mirror. There you’ll see somebody you hope comes across as decent, caring, and human at least. Godly at best.  Imagine, however, that you could look through the veil at the thoughts of people around you. Chances are, sometime over the last several weeks, you walked right past them. Absorbed in your own world, you dissed ‘em. And though you were clueless, they caught it.

You jerk. [click to continue…]

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