be gentle with others

• working with M, rescheduling for A, & arranging a compromise with K, as we approach some major project deadlines at work

I’m grateful that I was able to “be there” & be gentle in response when a friend needed a listening ear today. smile

• working with MC, rescheduling for MP, & arranging a compromise with MK, as we approach some major project deadlines at work
• caring for S’s cat while she is travelling
• making a new car-pooling arrangement (to begin in March)

Worked with M. on a sensitive issue today & figured out a way to get this project done … gently. smile

I was able to help several people at work by revising & reorganizing some project-related activities in order to take their schedules into consideration.

Today I was able to “be there” & be gentle in response to E., when she called needing a shoulder to cry on & a listening ear.

On Wednesday I was able to offer some specific work-related advice to my new colleage A. (& to let her know that I’m willing to mentor her if she’s interested in that).

Today I “went the extra mile” for….

• three colleagues (by loaning them some personal materials)

• four other individuals (by working through my lunch hour)

• a number of additional persons involved in this project (by preparing & circulating supplementary materials during a personal & group “time crunch”)

This was the case in my interactions with others this afternoon. smile

I’ve had a third chance to practice my new goal of “being gentle with others”! I was able to work with someone – firmly but gently – in a phone call that I had been avoiding having to make. wry grin

(Again, I’m writing cryptically about this goal in order to maintain others’ privacy.)