the first thousand

Thanks God for the gift of stimulating conversation the other night. 264
Thanks for the good-natured bantering about pop-psychology. (yes it’s a gift to have friends who understand where you’re coming from and put up with it - 265)
Thanks for the tangents on sarcasm and communication and goals and our family upbringing and real prayer and motivation.
Thanks for the discussions of definitions of *better* and *successful* (266)
Thanks for the further insights into our friends’ lives (267)
Thanks that they expected me to blog about it (26 I took that as permission!
How To Be A Better Person (one of said friends ran a workshop for 250 15-25 year olds entitled thus……..we were intrigued to hear what he had to say…….I can only remember nine of his ten points, plus a pile of other ones we discussed afterwards)

1. Be generous (with time and money and encouragement)
2. Be creative
3. Intentionally involve different people in your life (different to yourself)
4. Find a mentor
5. Have a sense of humour
6. Don’t be scared of failing; give things a go; laugh at yourself
7. Do what you say you’ll do (don’t just talk about it)
8. Learn to listen
9. Surround yourself with positive people
10. …..

It really was a pop-psychology talk, wasn’t it?
But was it bad advice? Good advice?
What would YOU have said?