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Giving others the ability to live a good life

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Contributed by: Gerry Benner on 11/18/2007

Life on an aircraft carrier wasn't the greatest, but Roger Tindall said, "It's the Good Life." He had a few months to go in his enlistment, and his optimism was contagious. It helped us all deal with our situations a little better. Life can be a challenge sometimes, and the more friends and family, who provide a positive and supportive role, the better. We all need folks around that can build us up and make us strong. There are plenty enough influences that tear us down, demoralize us, and make us think life is not worth living.

Years later, my friend Tom Safari said, "Life's too short." referring to living life to its fullest, rather than being in the depths of despair. As we all go through life, we make choices. We can choose to react in a positive way, or we can choose to react with harshness, cruelty, or criticism. Whatever we do, and however we react DOES have an impact on others. If we care about people at all, it seems to me that we would try to make their lives a bit better, or at least not drag them down even lower. Many of us are in positions where we can have an effect on a whole community or just on our own family members.

The more love and caring we show, the more "elderly" advice and positive influence we provide, and the more we educate and help our descendents learn; the more we help them cope with life and help them steer a course to a higher and happier existence. Time will be a limiting factor as our children get older and especially with grandchildren. Busy lives and computer games don't relinguish their hold on our loved ones. So, we have to make the best of the 10 or 15 minutes we get. My daughter told me how much her children enjoyed going geocaching with me and finding "the treasure." So, whether it's reading a book, helping with homework, playing catch, or playing a silly game of "name that slightly off-tune tune" -- make the best of the time you have, and increase the ability to obtain the good life.

At work, we can also help those around us cope with the everyday stress. If you're in a leadership position, ask yourself if you're contributing to the stress in the world, or if you're minimizing it and enabling folks to cope. We all have the ability to help. It's just a matter of our priorities, and how we choose to spend our time. I hope we focus on giving others the ability to live a good life.

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Gerry Benner

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