“Put your life where your mouth is;
add a shmear of better.”

• DO THINGS BETTER
• DO BETTER THINGS
• BETTER DO THINGS

Three words. Three sentences. Three meanings.

• Three Men: I moved back to Nashville last October and in the last twenty-four hours reconnected with two men I have known, and who know each other, for almost twenty years and with whom I had lost connection for almost ten years. Facebook made it possible. -- DO THINGS BETTER.

• Three Strands: In just a few moments of texting and exchanged "wassup" inquiries it became clear that each of them had recently become separated from their respective spouses and were going the process of redefining their lives. Knowing that I had also gone through the deserts of separation and divorce, I felt that this “coincidence” was an invitation to weave our (strung out) lives together and share our stories. Besides, “…a chord of three strands is not quickly broken.”Ecclesiastes 4:12 -- DO BETTER THINGS.

• Three Chances: There’s something pretty cool about “threes.” There’s the Three Bears, Three Amigos, Three Wise Men, 3 Dog Night (yes, I am dating myself), Three Tenors, Three Musketeers and those timeless sages, the Three Stooges. Feeling mostly related to the latter of the list, I know that if I hold off and wait till I have some spare time to gather the three of us together, the Stooges will have become the wise men, the Dogs will have been spayed and the Musketeers’ blades will be dull. I will have to create the margin for a part time commitment, if it really matters enough. – BETTER DO THINGS

TAKEAWAY:

1. There are more ways than ever to reach out and touch someone.
2. We are not alone in our blunders, pain and resolve to be better versions of ourselves.
3. Reassembling the broken pieces of our lives is a team sport.
4. Time is never given; it must be taken.
5. There is strength in threes. Remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? What about the Trinity?
6. From between the brackets.

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