My wife's family came to our house for Christmas this year. That being the case, my wife and I were busy preparing the house and pantry for our guests. Part of the preparation involved a trip to the grocery store. While there, we had to go to the deli counter to order some turkey or something (I'm not real sure. I'm just the cart driver.)
Luckily, we were the only ones there at the time. The lady behind the counter was able to give us her 100% attention and take our order and go to work getting the meat sliced. While waiting I was musing about how nice it was not to have to wait to be noticed by the deli workers. That's not fun.
At least grocery stores have installed this neat little thing called the number system. When it's really busy, the deli workers resort to asking everyone to take a number. Then all they have to do is press this little button and the number increases. Then they call out the next number and go to work on the next order. The service isn't as personal, but it is efficient.
I thought of how this relates to me as I serve other people in my life. When I'm not busy, I'm able to give 100% attention to the person I'm caring for. The help is much more personal and meaningful. But when I'm busy, people have to virtually take a number and only get my busy, "efficient" attention.
How busy are you? Are you so busy that the people around you only get your "efficient" attention? This new year, why not work on your "busy-ness" so you are 100% present with what (or who) is in front of you at the time.
Curb your busy-ness so you don't have to resort to the number system and you'll be Serving Strong!
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