Sometimes, We Can Be Generous by Taking.

You never know what you’ll remember…sometimes, the smallest incidences stand out in our memories forever.

I’ve never forgotten this brief encounter with a woman on an airplane, back from when my older daughter Eliza was a new baby.

With greater age and experience, I now know that feeling of just wanting to hold a baby. I wish I’d say “yes” when that nice woman offered to hold Eliza for me.

Agree? Sometimes, we can be generous by taking.

I mention Better Than Before, my book about habit change. You can find more information here.

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