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IF I ONLY HAD ONE CHANCE TO TELL YOU . . . Inspiring and Encouraging Real-life Stories

  

This photo is on the front cover of my new book.   

(It's due out in late September, 2011)  (!!)  The book came about because of the hundreds upon hundreds of stories that audience members have shared with me over the last two years.  I have people come up to me after every presentation, and they share with me.  These are people like you and me:  regular people going through life and doing their very best. I look at these folks and think, "Geez, I never would have guessed that this person went through THAT."   

So I invited people to write their story and have it published. As simple, and as complex, as that.  (If you read the Foreword when it comes out, you'll see that Dr. Jeffrey Zink had a great take on that phrase.)    

It started when I began thinking about the idea of ripples.  It's clear to me that we are all impacted by them.  And we all impact others.  

What's funny is that you don't realize how far the ripple can go.  

You choose whether it's a rude comment or an unfeeling response.

OR  

You choose a kind word, action, a smile or a listening ear.

And so I see people in a different light.  I know that there are professional people in my audiences that are hurting, confused, angry, bitter, OR growing, learning, and changing.  Because of that, I am learning more compassion.   

People aren't always what they seem.

 . . . sigh . . . that's a lesson that God is going to be teaching me for the rest of my time here.   I would challenge you, today, to think about the ripples that you are making in this life.  In your home, in your work, in your commute to and from (oh, I KNOW you didn't like that one!)

When you put all of the ripples together,  

you are looking, in fact, at your legacy.  

We get to choose what legacy we leave upon this world.  One ripple can change a life--for good or bad.  A lifetime of ripples creates your legacy--for good or bad.        

You are creating

a ripple with your life  

and you don't know how far it will go  

or who it will touch.    

What kind of ripples will you make today?   

Working my goals, one step and one ripple at a time

--Ana-Christina