Hopefully you have read my latest article:
"A Leader's Greatest Gift."I cannot tell you how important encouragement is to me! I thrive on it. What I find funny about myself is that I know the value of
encouragement however, I often fail to pass it on. Keeping that in mind, I have made it my goal to provide encouragement to at least one person everyday for the next six weeks. My hope is that encouraging others will become a habit. While that seems easy, I know it will be a challenge.
Like it or not, our world is negative! We are bombarded with all types of negative media and messages. However, I am in for the fight and at least ready to change the world around me. So, I have made my list of people that I will encourage in the next few weeks! I am already writing the notes and preparing to send out the greatest gift I can give - ENCOURAGEMENT!
So, as you read my random thoughts on encouragement, I have two questions for you to ponder.
- Do you need to be encouraged?
- Do you encourage others?
As I close up shop I ask that we all keep in mind that "praise" and "encouragement" are different. (More on that next week!)
Lastly, I would like for any of you to post any anecdotal stories or thoughts based on encouragement. Feel free to leave an encouraging for any you wish and then send them here to read it!! I do not mind being the "encouragement" hub. In fact, I am going to sign off and see if "encourage.blogspot" is available. If it is, I will get it!!!
I hope you all have a great holiday season!!
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