His Heart Scribe Inspirations Devotional Magazine January 2015 January 2015 | Página 12

His Heart Scribe Inspirations

“There are two primary

officer

made

me

nervous.

Why

choices in life: to ac-

couldn’t he choose something safer?

cept condi-

Over the next few days, I couldn’t

tions as

get that conversation out of my

they exist, or ac-

head because I realized that I don’t

cept

responsibility

for

want him, as a five-year-old,

changing them.”

taking on the respon-

~Denis Waitley

sibility

of

makI was spending some time with my

ing

nephews not too long ago. This is

the world a nic-

one of my favorite things to do be-

er place. I want

cause we have a lot of fun together.

him to be focused on hav-

They’re silly and loving and inquisi-

ing fun and making friends and

tive, and it’s easy to make them

learning new things in school. I

laugh.

don’t think any child should have to
worry about that.

Spending time with them reminds
me that fun and laughter should be

I started thinking about the actions

a part of my everyday life, and also

I could take to make the world a

makes me feel like a kid again.

nicer place so that he can experi-

When we were together that day, I

ence that right now. Many of us

asked them what they want to be

are already doing things that have

when they grow up. My five-year-

a positive impact on the world, but

old nephew said, “I want to be a po-

we

lice so I can make the world a nicer

acknowledge

place for everyone.”

make a difference by doing these

don’t

always
them.

recognize
We

can

or
all

simple actions more frequently and
I thought that was just about the

accepting the responsibility for a

sweetest and cutest thing he could

nicer world as our own.

possibly

say,

even

though

the

thought of him becoming a police

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