This was my birthday week and just like the new year it is a time for reflection and goal setting. I was blessed by the many birthday wishes that came from long lost friends and new acquaintances alike. Social networking tools can be such an encouragement. Many times I am so "busy" that I can't keep the day straight let alone whose birthday or special day it may be. So thank you Facebook for the reminders and the easy access to friends, family and colleagues. In no way am I ungrateful for the comments and messages...they were amazing. I felt very loved and remembered that day. Here is my question...can you imagine how I would have felt had those been cards in the mail or phone calls? I think we under appreciate the power of these little acts of kindness. My goal for this the 28th year of my life is to be an intentional encourager. And I challenge you to send a card in the mail or make a phone call. Say the things that we too often keep to ourselves. Make time to be intentional. Remember someone today!
It is often times intimidating to put yourself out there. To be brave and bold in a world that does not feel safe. Yet we are so interconnected in our humanity. There are emotions and experiences that we all share even when we feel as if no one else gets us or that we are all alone. The "what ifs" are often the obstacles that hold us back from living a full and abundant life, those restraints on relationships from reaching their full potential and the thoughts that hinder us from being our true self. There is a fairly new country song by Kane Brown called What Ifs and it addresses this exact thing when it comes to a relationship between and man and woman. The woman is not willing to give the relationship a try because what if it doesn't work out, what if she gets hurt, what if... The guy responds when what ifs as well but from a completely different perspective. What if this is the right thing, what if it is more than imagined, what if everything does work out? I wa...
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-MICHAELA