A NEW YEAR BEGINS
ByI’m flying to Florida with my parents, Jean and Zig Ziglar. Dad has two speaking engagements and these will be his first times to speak in 2010. When Dad fell down the stairs in his home in March of 2007, and sustained a head injury that resulted in profound short-term memory loss, we had no idea how long he would continue to speak.
I believe that the almost three years we’ve been on the road together are all a gift from God. A gift to me and a gift to everyone my dad has impacted with his incredible attitude of perseverance, adaptation, and hopeful expectation that tomorrow really is going to be even better than today. “Why, the possibilities are endless!”
The resonance of his voice rings in my ears as I write the words he loves to say. The joy he has when he listens to someone explain how something he taught them changed their life for the better is visible, almost palpable, and it is evident to all who witness this scenario that he takes none of the credit but celebrates fully the accomplishment of the one thanking him.
With my dad it is never about him. He is much more interested in you than he is in talking about himself. He wants to know how you are doing, what you are doing to improve your life, if you are married, happy, successful, and if you know his Lord, his Savior, Jesus Christ. He’ll gladly help you in any and every area of life that you will allow him to, and he’ll count it as his joy and privilege.
My dad lives his life thinking about others and how he can help them. If all of us make the decision to be just a little more like Zig Ziglar this year, 2010 will be “better than good”!
