make people feel good about themselves

{color:blue} I plan to start giving more compliments to people. Most people, not unlike myself, are quicker to berate rather than praise others. I plan to change this starting today, or maybe tomorrow. Praise will be given more often (but only if it’s deserved) and patience will be exercised in all other cases.

One of my mentally retarded clients has developed a crush on me. Now I have to discourage the crush without hurting his feelings. Hopefully he’ll just start liking the other girl I work with or get a job so I won’t see him as often.

I just got a job working for people with mental retardations. A lot of these clients are very insecure and have come out of institutions where they have been abused. My aim is to help them on there way to recovery.