Sometimes the best-laid plans are knocked flat by life, and often you go down with them. That happened to me the other day. It wasn’t major. It wasn’t even minor. It was just off and when it went off the rails it drug me, my schedule, and everything related right off the rails with it. …
Encouraged relationships set the foundation for changing the world. When you invest in filling others with the courage to dare their possibilities, you’ll make a difference. Not only will you effect their lives and the lives of those they encounter, but spreading courage will grow courage in your life as well. I’ve shared before about…
You need a habit of encouragement to create a default response of hope and positivity even when the clouds show up. Encouragement can be tough to find some days, even for a natural-born hopesmith. The more encouragement is practiced, the easier and more natural it becomes. I avoided cleaning when I was in school. As…
We encourage the whole being when we invest in more than words, more than activities, and more than thoughts. Whole being encouragement encompasses a balance in all that we are for all that we are. We need encouragement that covers our whole selves to live our best lives. We think about encouraging the heart or…
The power of encouragement changes the world – sometimes in little bits and sometimes in such monumental ways that it literally shifts the course of history. Teachers are little bits of encouragement that change the world. Leaders with a world stage (like Winston Churchill) create monumental shifts. And often it’s the little bits that make…
Knowing the basics of encouragement allows you to set a firm foundation for living your encouraged life. Encouragement defeats the darkness and creates the way for hope to take root. With encouragement, you can. Without encouragement, it all becomes a struggle. I’ve always been an encourager. I often joke about how when I was born,…
You can once you believe you can. It’s amazing how much we accomplish once we have it in our mind we can do it. Once the mind gets in line nothing seems impossible. My professional writing career was launched back in 2004. At the same time, I homeschooled two elementary-age boys, kept a 1000 sq…
You have to demand your will take action when you’re tangled in the “do not go” moments. We’ve all been there – or at least I hope I’m not the only one. Picture this . . . You’ve just walked past the dirty dishes again. Yes, those same ones you’ve walked past so many times…
Finding peace after the fall apart is not easy. It’s not even simple. You have to find your way to put the pieces back in place one at a time – and often some of them have been damaged and don’t seem to fit right. But you can. Falling Apart I’ve committed to reading fiction…
Direct your focus to get results that lift you into your BIG DREAMS. All the doing in the world won’t get you there unless the actions are aimed at the target. When I was learning to throw, my dad encouraged me to point where I wanted the ball to go as I was releasing the…