Say "NO" to Ego

     So today someone asked me what the link to my blog was. I was paid a great compliment, that I am not sure I really deserved but it made me smile reallll BIG! One of the best compliments I was ever paid. Maybe some of my Momma's gootness did rub off on me! I don't want to break my arm pattin' myself on the back, but DAMN it was a GOOT one!!! I'm just gonna keep the compliment to myself though. I don't want my head to get too big, LOL.
     At any rate, of course I had to sign in to the blog and read some of my posts. They really take me back. I read about 4 of my posts. It's crazy that I wrote all these things from the heart and I get to have a record of them. A record of my feelings, my opinions, and my theories (after all, you know what they say about opinions...nice lil cliché for ya...hahaha). As I read the posts, I realized that the overwhelming message of my posts was and is LOVE. It's about being happy, smiling, laughing and being KIND. It's about the simple things, the things that really matter!! Stopping for a minute to enjoy what makes you smile. Stopping for a minute to make someone else smile, just because everybody deserves that. So without further ado, your boy JC! LMAO!
     I often wonder what it is about me that draws people in. Or what makes people drawn to someone in general. It is kind of hard to grasp for me. Is it just laughter? Is it just the smiles? Could it really be that simple. I guess that IS what I try to preach. Preach on JC, preach ON! "Donations donations...I thought it was the trash...don't be hittin on me..." That is from one of my all time favorite movies, Coming to America. Man there are some great lines in that, "Hey Stu, YO RENTS DUE MF'r...(put that shit on the movie list 17 times just because it's great). My Brother and I had the whole barber shop scene down pat. My mom and Dad would always ask us to do the scene. We felt all awkward cussin in front of them. Gotta be respectful you know, at least that's how I was raised. I think the youth of today need to be a WHOLE LOT more respectful! And I'm back.
     As I sit here writing and thinking about what draws people in, I think maybe it is just being yourself. I think people have big egos. I think people let their egos get in the way instead of just being themselves.
     I was helping a new salesman at work today. The manager asked me if I would spend some time with him. I sat him down with one of my good customers and let him handle as much as I could. I told him, "just be yourself." I told him that everybody has their own way and my way may not work for him. Selling is about making friends. Above all, put people at ease, it is no fun on the other side of the desk. Once you make a friend, you sell something, whatever it be. Even if you don't, there is still an opportunity to make an impression on that person. So let the ego go and make it a good one, right? Ego would have you believe it's all about oneself, but that is so far from the truth! Maybe make a friend or maybe just brighten their day! One act of random kindness a day! If you have this giant ego, you miss out on so much of what is simple and what is great in life. You have to be able to cry, you have to be able to express your deepest heart felt feelings. You just never know, cuz sometimes, someday never comes!You have to be able to able to apologize, and most of all you have to give love. When you GIVE love...you ALWAYS GET love in return. Life is funny, you know? People come, people go, but the love inside your heart never does. It's always there! And I'm out...Your Boy JC