The On-Purpose Proverb
Approach your work with the heart of a steward,
You’ll do right by all, and reap unexpected reward.
A steward is a person employed and entrusted with the care and affairs of another person. They carry out their responsibilities by placing the interests of their charge first and foremost. The mindset and heart of a steward is an important quality too rarely taught nor even thought about by most of us. More stewards are needed in the world.
How do we become a steward? It begins with coming to terms with one’s worldview or, simply put, “Who’s in charge?” Your response will fall into one of two possible answers: “I am,” or “I am not.”
If you answered this worldview question with “I am in charge,” then the stewardship point of view will truly disrupt your thinking. Control freaks beware, yet think of the relaxation and comfort in no longer carrying the weight of the world.
If you answered, “I am not,” then you are on the path to stewardship. Logic dictates the next questions, “If not me, then who or what is in charge? Who am I serving, and why?”
I would love to know your thoughts to the answer to these questions:
If not me, then who or what is in charge?
Who am I serving, and why?
You’ll do right by all, and reap unexpected reward.
A steward is a person employed and entrusted with the care and affairs of another person. They carry out their responsibilities by placing the interests of their charge first and foremost. The mindset and heart of a steward is an important quality too rarely taught nor even thought about by most of us. More stewards are needed in the world.
How do we become a steward? It begins with coming to terms with one’s worldview or, simply put, “Who’s in charge?” Your response will fall into one of two possible answers: “I am,” or “I am not.”
If you answered this worldview question with “I am in charge,” then the stewardship point of view will truly disrupt your thinking. Control freaks beware, yet think of the relaxation and comfort in no longer carrying the weight of the world.
If you answered, “I am not,” then you are on the path to stewardship. Logic dictates the next questions, “If not me, then who or what is in charge? Who am I serving, and why?”
I would love to know your thoughts to the answer to these questions:
If not me, then who or what is in charge?
Who am I serving, and why?
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8:30 PM
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