I'll go first

You’ll be miserable if you’re waiting on someone else before you do the right thing. Waiting on someone to say sorry, or thank you, or invite you, or initiate… Stop waiting for them to act and you act. It’s your life, and all you can control are your attitudes and actions. Take the power back and be the person you want to be.

I can’t remember where I first heard this, but it was simple and profound: “I’ll go first.”

I’ll go first.

I’ll initiate.

I’ll start.

I’ll make the first move.

In other words, I won’t wait for them to smile, I’ll smile. I won’t wait for them to say sorry, I’ll say sorry for my side. I won’t wait for them to be in a better mood, I’ll elevate the atmosphere.

Their choices, attitudes, and behaviors won’t limit my experience of living the good life. I’ll go first.

That person might never be capable of seeing the small way they’ve been living and behaving. That’s okay. They’re on their own journey. But we’re going further—in our interior lives… then out in the world.

Let’s go first, and go further.