Think a Billboard Thought
© Glenn Dromgoole
For billboards to be effective, they need to have a simple message stated in a few words.
What is your billboard thought? If you could proclaim your message to the world in seven words or less, what would you say? It’s a good way to evaluate your own priorities as well as your outlook on life.
What is your message? Is your billboard positive or cynical? Does it raise others up or put them down?
The philosopher Aldous Huxley said that after spending his entire lifetime pondering the human condition, the most profound thought he could pass on could be summarized in six words.
His billboard thought: “Try to be a little kinder.”
I expressed my own billboard thought as the title of my website: “More Civility, Please.”
Jesus’s billboard thought: “Love God. Love your neighbor.”
St. Paul’s billboard thought: “And the greatest of these is love.”
What’s yours?
