2021 Mantra

 Errr, Coke Store! The glorious present I picked out for my boss 3 weeks ago...might get there in 2021... I thought I'd let it go, but you know how we Americans are - we love to terrorize customer service agents for just that little feeling of control. Today I was one of those people. 

Consumed by my frustration, I couldn't think of an alternative gift. Now, I'm wondering if Brain is signaling that this is actually a bad gift. I tried to cancel, and they wouldn't let me. 

Here's what I hope to live by in 2021:

1 John 3:16 (NIV)

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

1 John 3:16 (The Message)

16-17 This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.

When We Practice Real Love

18-20 My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love. This is the only way we’ll know we’re living truly, living in God’s reality. It’s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.

2021 why have you got me so anxious?? I guess my secret recurring though is: I'm not waving, but drowning. 

I'm covering escalations at the call center tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.  And then Christmas break is over. Hrmph.  I think I'm going to eat some Oreos and watch TV. Toodles!

Other goals for 2021 found here.