The eight most important markers

# Chapter 294

Be grateful, be intentional, be present, be kind, be loving, be generous, be of service, be fearless – every day, every day, every day. - Masterminds

This final one in this long stretch. Each one of these could be a chapter all on their own, but we will not do that, today we are wrapping up the Masterminds list. They sum up the life we all want to live on this last point. And these are the people we want to surround ourselves with, people who live life this way, every day. Gratefulness is always in short supply and that is not just true of your co-worker, its true of you and me. Intentionality is much more the rare bird, I have exactly one friend in America who is intentional. One. Everyone else in my life always waits until I take the initiative. And does that make me intentional, not at all. It seems to me that I am just responding to their lack of responding. Being present is ever the challenge for me, and perhaps you, I don’t know. I am way too oriented toward the future and not the present. I am getting better, but still have a long way to go.

Being kind, loving and generous seem to be similar markers, more active and coming from your core if they are gonna show at all. I know very few people in the world who have all three, many have one, which should challenge us to develop these characteristics and live them out daily. The world would be such a more pleasant place were we to do so. I also think that would make the final two admonitions so much easier and likely. We can serve and we can be fearless, when we are filled with kindness, love and generosity.