LIGHT UP - Don’t be a Dim Bulb
In many of my keynotes lately I have asked this question. “What does it feel like when someone “lights up” when they see you? ”   Answers from audiences include -  Wonderful - GREAT - Warm Inside - “It makes me happy” - “It feels like a hug - Like someone cares - etc etc.
Next Question - “Who do you light up for?”Â
Next Question - “Why don’t we light up for more people more often?” and “Why don’t we light up for everyone?”
Answers I get include - “Because they may not deserve it.” - Because they don’t light up for me? - “Because I don’t fee like it…or I don’t have the energy.” - Because I am burned out.
Next Question - “Does lighting up for others drain or charge our human battery?”
At least one great way to overcome burnout is to stop thinking, talking and acting like a burnout. Put your shoulders back, put your chin up….STOP telling everyone(including yourself) that your tired, stressed, overwhelmed etc. We’re all tired of hearing it… and your starting to depress us, and you have already depressed yourself. The only way you can be truly burned out and unable to light up is if you are dead. If you are reading this…then you are not dead. So stop thinking about yourself and talking to everyone about “yourself”(a sure pathway to misery) and instead start being a bright spot in somone else’s day.  Lighten up and brighten up today. Â
Turn your face on…. turn your eyes on! And when someone…anyone, heck perhaps even eveyone walks into your world - LIGHT UP - be “deLIGHTed to see them. This will help them feel better and you too! This will brighten their day…and yours too. This will lift their spirits and charge their batteries and yours too!
It’s Bright to Be a Light! Unlike a store bought light bulb… the human light, the light naturally inside of us, burns out more quickly the less we use it, and shines bighter and longer the more we keep it turned on. So let your light shine…brightly.Â
Kirk Out
October 21st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Dear Kirk,
Just wanted to thank you for always being the sunshine in my computer! You are always a light and your notes of inspiration truly enlighten my day. The candle within you is always burning bright and your willingness to share that warmth with the world is extraordinary.
Keep on shining - you amazing Light Star! Michelle
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
LOVE IT! Basically you took the words out of (Eugene Peterson’s rendering in the message of) the disciple’s mouth … “You’re here to be a light, bringing out the God-colors in the world … shine!” (Matthew 5:16)
October 30th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
“You are amazing !” and so right on the mark for the formula for
inner joy !
Keep up the shining - you are a bright light in a burned out world !
suse