Encouragement

The Spirit@Work® Card that I drew was encouragement.

The text from the book that resonated the most with me was:

We are all yearning for more love in our lives – not more fear.  It is the deepest yearning in our hearts. If we replace negative ways with encouragement, compassion, trust, patience, empathy, and love, we will inspire others and thus release their untapped potential.

and,

The Soul seeks encouragement.  We all know that things are not as we would like them to be, and we yearn to change them, but we lack the encouragement necessary to become actively involved in being and creating that change.

When I read this passage I immediately thought of how I would be able to deliver encouragement as a coach.  I wondered whether life changing inspiration was possible through the simple act of encouragement.  Such an empowering thought.

From the poem:

With new eyes I see working around me.

and,

Let my voice be guided in words of encouragement.

As I consider the card encouragement, I can’t help but wonder what my life could have been if I had received it from my parents as a child.  I continue to be amazed at the power that encouragement could have in a person’s life.

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