Listen to the #GrowingHOPE podcast using the link at the bottom of the page. Building natural encouragement doesn’t come naturally to everyone – and it doesn’t always come naturally to those that are born natural encouragers. Like anything else, encouragement needs to be done regularly if it’s going to be natural. And we need to…
It was a video of a flash mob. It was something simple and not even “expertly” executed. By the end of the song, I was crying. (Update: rediscovered this post looking for something to relate to having a positive focus and it made me cry again. Something about seeing utter joy and celebration released that…
#GrowingHOPE Podcast Listen to today’s broadcast by clicking the play button at the bottom of the page The more I practice sharing encouragement, the better and more focused I get at sharing encouragement. There are few things I have found that seem to encourage most everyone no matter where they may be in their journey…
Becoming encouraged makes a way for me to share our encouragement. I have to fill up my own well of encouragement by finding what inspires and keeping it some place easy to get to so that I will not run dry of my own courage for this journey. Defining and Understanding Encouragement When I release…
The path to encouragement can be easy when things are falling in order. Smiles fill my day when the sun shines, the flowers bloom, and everyone does what I need and expect. The struggle to walk out encouragement arrives about the time someone spills milk all over my new attitude. The times of struggle are…
It would be easy to just crawl in bed and call it a night. I have accomplished a lot today, and this despite the fact that all I wanted to do was crawl back in bed first thing this morning. I would be justified in giving up for the night. I have been going and…
My favorite season has arrived . . . although it tends to arrive four times a year. There is something about most seasons that inspire me. They are all my favorite in their own unique way. But that is a squirrel for another day. Today, I am looking out at a field of vibrant fall…
Being encouraging requires a positive attitude and an up-lifting focus. It can be tough being an encouragement when the people around you are sucking your own encouragement spring dry (without making any deposits of encouragement into your spring of positive thinking). The good news comes when you discover that your encouragement and your ability to…