Point to the fridge

A while ago, my friend Becky had a post on her blog about family mottos.

I’ve always wanted John and I to do a family mission statement to keep on our fridge. I imagined my kids as teenagers asking a question and I could just point to the fridge and say, does it go along with our family mission statement?

Seriously.

I had to come up with quite a few mission statements in college, my Entrepreneur class, my Facilities Management class, and others. I know I heard about families having mission statements in one of my classes, and always liked the idea. I don’t know how I came across this, but I found Cold Stone’s core values, and I may make them part of my family’s mission statement:

1. Do the right thing
2. Be the Best… Be #1
3. Bring out the best in our people
4. Profit by making people happy
5. Win as a team

I think those are great.

Seriously.

Then, I was thinking about it, and really I could just post a picture of Christ on our fridge. Isn’t that our mission, to become like Him? That’s what I am trying to do and what I am trying to teach our children. I could also put a picture of my mother as our mission statement on the fridge. As a result of becoming more like her, I know I would become more like Him.

picture found here

I don’t think it matters if you believe in God or not. If to you, Jesus is just a fictional story about a man. Well, it’s a story about a man who loved everyone unconditionally, even gave his life. He fed the hungry, took care of the sick, he was forgiving, and he served tirelessly. Wouldn’t the world be such a better place if everyone tried to be more like that, and we were teaching our children to be like that? So, whatever your religion, if one at all, I think the mission is to become better people - to be better human beings.

So, whether the picture on your fridge is Mother Teresa or your own mother, I think it would be great to have a picture as our family mission statement, Cold Stone’s core values would be implied.

Anyone out there have a family mission statement or motto? I think it would be fun to hear some.