Something remarkable happened on Christmas day in the year 1914…
It was the 5th month of World War I. Allied and German troops had been told that victory would be a sure thing by Christmas. And yet, on Christmas Eve it was very clear that this would not be the case.
Cold, wet and with sinking moral the soldiers in the trenches were thinking about home. I’m sure wondering what the heck they were fighting for in the first place. Governments and command on both sides had taken steps to supply their troops with care packages and many soldiers got letters with Christmas greetings from their families.
Christmas Eve was a particularly quiet on the front. The British soldiers could hear the Germans singing carols in their trenches less than 100 yards away.
Then, in what must have seemed like a drunken mistake, a single German soldier got out of his trench and started walking toward the Allied lines. In his hand he had a Christmas tree lit with candles – a tradition that had been unknown in England at that time.
I’m sure that the instinct to fire on that soldier was high, and yet it was suppressed for a moment. Soon other soldiers from both sides started to pour out of the trenches and met each other in the middle in a sort of spontaneously declared night of peace.
This was definitely not a sanctioned event. Officers on both sides were furious about the event. Yet British Khaki and German Gray met, talked, shared Christmas treats sent from home and sang songs together. The everyday soldier risked being shot by his own side to do what came more natural than killing each other.
Equally remarkable, soldiers from both sides helped to bury each others dead. Bodies from both sides riddled the space between their trenches, and each side paid respect and honored the others fallen.
What would you have done in that same situation?
The question ultimately comes to each of us to take responsibility for our own lives, businesses and relationships. Left to our own devices will we do what is right or what we have been told we must – even if the two options are at odds with each other? Will we recognize that we have more to gain from working together or destroy what we have by fighting?
My great grandfather was there in 1914, fighting in the trenches of World War I. I wonder how different his life and the lives of millions of others would have been had governments and rulers shown as much humanity and willingness to put differences aside as the soldiers in the trenches.
When we see other people as human and let go of our greed and fear, barriers fall and good things happen. When your prospects sense that you care about them and their issues they start to connect with you. That’s what opens the door and it’s what separates the successful marketers from those who struggle.
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That first soldier that got up the courage to reach out to the enemy was a hero. But when you think about it, the soldiers that followed were no less heroic. Without their support, the event itself would never have happened. For any of us to make a difference we need the help of others. It’s just as admirable to be a part of a great cause as it is starting it.
Don’t forget that you have the power to change the world this next year. Act on your conscience and make an effort to be that point of hope and you will reach the top of network marketing!
Wishing you peace, happiness and prosperity in 2009.
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