Rise by lifting others – that’s my strategy in life.
It’s 10: 23 AM on day 2323 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Philippians 4:13 and learn a new word – Definitions for froideur 1. French. an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
Today I realized that everybody has a strategy in life and while the step-on-others-to-get-ahead strategy seems to be most popular I choose the rise-by-lifting-others strategy I know some people may think that approach will get me nowhere in life but you know I’d rather be who I am and stay exactly where I am than turn mean and get ahead (I really want to help as many people as possible achieve their goals and dreams and if great things happen for me as a bi-product of that then awesome and if not then at least I helped a few people (their success will be my success))
My favorite verse from this chapter is 8.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Philippians 4:8 New American Standard Bible (NASB)