Wouldn’t it be nice if when someone else is in genuine need we could do more than just pray for them?  Well this is possible when we’ve successfully got our own affairs in order.

That’s right friends, having our affairs and priorities in our own life in order turns that genuine call or cry for help from a friend or family member into a welcomed event as an opportunity for us to make a real impact.

Having the unabated ability to invest your time, talent, treasures or tears into that person who really needs you most at the time that they really need you most can be a real life saver.  Now of course not every desperate cry is authentic or worthy of your best efforts, but you’ll know the ones when they happen.  🙂

So be intentional about clearing up your own issues so that you can be ready to help others to clear up theirs when the time comes.  After all, there are few things better than actually going the extra mile in an attempt to help make someone else’s day GREAT!

So let’s continue in our noble efforts to make our lives GREAT so that we can help others to do the same.  Make it GREAT!!!

www.CedricCrawford.com

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For all you leaders who have been entrusted with a big or small herd that’s loyal to you and what you do, I’d like to encourage you to continue in your efforts to do good by them.  Never lose sight of the vital importance of your role and the significance of that which you model in your own life every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Although you are held to a much higher standard in terms of how you carry yourself, continue to understand that you’re still anything but perfect by any stretch of the imagination.  But, being transparent in your faults, failures, struggles and shortcomings can show the realistic picture that above everything else you’re still a fallible human being.  Yes my friends being seen as being “similar” is super-important as opposed to being perceived as being “special” and without flaws and imperfections.

So make sure that your herd is grazing in fields and pastures of realism and not esoteric, faultless fantasy.  We all fall short and fall down, but we all are expected to get back up and keep moving.  It’s not about how hard you get hit in this life.  It’s about how hard you can get hit and still manage to keep on going.

So don’t shy away from showing your shortcomings and ability to recover and keep on going.  One positive step at a time gets you that much closer to Making it GREAT!!! So step to it and Make it GREAT!

www.CedricCrawford.com

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I just wrote this short poem for “you” today and you know who “you” are.  Enjoy…

The Cheetah and Gazelle never friends shall they be.
For a Cheetah is a Gazelle’s natural enemy.

60 miles per hour is a Gazelle’s top speed,
But a Cheetah can reach 70 if it really feels the need.

Simple math says the Cheetah should always win the race,
For it can achieve a speed that’s at a much faster pace.

But alas 1-out-of-19 is the Cheetah’s chance to succeed,
For the Gazelle has on its side a thing that helps him more than just speed.

They both have different reasons why they have to run their race.
One is running to catch-up and the other is running from being chased.

Yes the Gazelles running for its life and the Cheetahs running for a meal.
If the Cheetah fails he misses dinner, but if the Gazelle fails he gets killed.

But when the starvation starts to loom from the Cheetah’s many failed tries,
The Cheetahs motivation changes dramatically and now they’re both running for their lives.

But still the Gazelle has yet another trick that seems to help it win,
It Zigs & Zags from left to right and escapes time-and-time again.

The Cheetah must move-on to a different venue to find a weaker prey,
The Gazelles agility with speed and motivation helps it live another day.

So what’s your motivation today, what helps you to overcome?
What gets you up bright and early to the rising of the sun

Are you running from depression or a past that’s let you down?
Stay strong and keep on running and one day you’ll receive your crown.

Don’t let your past bully you into a mindset that thinks you’re done.
Get on out there again today and run, Run, RUN!!!

www.MrBreadCrumb.com

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Great leaders are Great at modeling those actions that they want modeled in their group or organizations.  Great followers are Great at recognizing what actions it takes to make up a Great leader to follow.  Great leaders used to be Great followers under the tutelage of other Great leaders.

So as this is true, then it only makes sense that one has to be a Great Follower before they can ever dream about being a Great Leader.

Understanding this small breadcrumb of wisdom can definitely get you on your way to Making it GREAT!  So eat and go up.

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For those of you who don’t really understand this whole “Jesus” thing that’s been going around for the last 2000 years, please allow me to elaborate on the subject a little bit and make it plain and simple with one of my metaphorical thoughts of the day.

You see we’re all like a house with several rooms and this “Jesus” guy is outside of our house in the street in his little Christler 300 vehicle honking his horn hoping that we will look out the window and crack open the door and invite him to come inside.

Some of us have actually invited him to hang out in the front yard and put a fish on our car or a cross on our mailbox, but we just haven’t mustered up the nerve and courage to invite him inside yet because our house is dirty and full of stuff that’s embarrassing to us.  You know the stuff that we just don’t want to give up right now like the recreational drugs or drinking and smoking or cursing and fighting or sleeping around or other self-destructive acts and behaviors.

But take heart my dear friends.  This “Jesus” guy doesn’t really care about any of that stuff right now.  All He really cares about is that you’ll let him in your house so he can hang out with you and build a relationship with you.

I’ve noticed that He’s really good at modeling the way that helps you to live a more meaningful, fulfilled and purposeful way of life.  He doesn’t really care as much about your past, he just wants to meet you where you’re at and walk with you and help you to carve out a better future, so don’t be afraid to crack the door open a little bit and let him on in.

Oh, and don’t just let him into that one room that’s all clean with the plastic still on the furniture that’s used only for Holidays and Birthdays and other special events.  He wants to occupy the WHOLE house.  Yes, and also including that room with all the empty beer cans, liquor bottles and porno magazines and dvd’s too.  He wants FULL access “as-is, where-is” and he can then start to work his magic.

No, you don’t have to be afraid of this guy, He means you absolutely no harm.  Actually he came to prosper you and give you hope and a better future and to help you Make it GREAT!

Oh, and there’s no need to worry about your faults or failures or habits or hang-ups because nobody’s perfect, well, actually He is perfect, but none of us are and he can help us all to know better so we can do better.  So Mr. BreadCrumb is encouraging you to give him a try and He’ll help you to find your “why”.  It worked for me.  What do have to lose?

Why don’t you let today be that day you decide to open up your front door, back door, side door or maybe even a small window but just open up something and let Him on in and let Him be a friend through your thick and thin because He can definitely show you how to Win.

Pick up a “good book” (bible) at your nearest Jesus shack and start turning some pages.  Start with the book of Matthew, Mark, Luke or John and stumble into a local church or two.  Then listen with an open heart and open mind and don’t be surprised when something drops in that makes you smile.  :-

So open up that house of yours and let my good friend Jesus on in and let Him help you Make it GREAT.  Today can be the first day of the rest of your positive life.  So make that decision and Make it GREAT!

Oh, and don’t be afraid to pass it on if you’d like……

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