Dear Customers and Friends:
Earlier this year, my grandson Baylor came home from kindergarten with a note from his teacher. It was a good one.
“Baylor is a bucket filler for sure!!” the note read.
Please excuse bragging on my grandson, but I believe there is a very important lesson here for all of us
In their book How Full is Your Bucket?, authors Tom Rath and Don Clifton theorize that we all have emotional buckets that require filling. Depending on how you feel, your bucket could be empty or full.
Feeling lonely, sad or hurt? Then, your bucket is probably empty. On the other hand, a full bucket means your “cup runneth over” with happiness.
Taking the metaphor even further, we are all equipped with dippers to go along with our buckets.
When we use these dippers to fill other people’s buckets with good deeds and nice words, then our own bucket is replenished. We feel renewed and more optimistic.
At the dinner table this Thanksgiving, let’s not focus only on our blessings. Spill your bucket and let the blessings flow to your family and all those around you, spreading love and gratitude – which will replenish your own bucket at the same time.
That’s what Baylor does, and he makes me – and everyone around him – feel happy. And for me, I’m one very proud “Papa.”