encourage others

Today I totally ripped a guy’s head off without meaning to. He wasn’t feeling well either so that didn’t help.

at this lately! I’m feeling a bit nervous about my trip overseas and so that anxiety has, I believe, led to a bit of “edginess” to my words and behavior. To the point of telling someone I care about that I was done with helping he and to just “fuck it” cause I “was done”. That’s just so not like me. I’ve called 2 people “stupid” one of which was my 17 year old nephew who I love with all my heart. I was able to apologize and we moved on, but I’m quite surprised at how I’m behaving in a way.

Gotta work this out, focus on what needs to get done and just do it. Need to make a phone call and apologize for my rudeness.

“Smile and say thank you. Een to strngers. I once called a computer technical assistant back and said “it worked – thank you”. He was astonished. “No one ever called me back to say thank you!”.

Even a simple spoken word, or smile, encourages others. Think of the grocery clerk, after long hours of monotonous boredom, a lift from a smile and thanks may make his/her day.

We may despair over our meager income and uncertain health, but we possess total ability to smile at another human being. Thoreau wrote, “To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.”

makes you feel so good, doesn’t it? I need to remember that just a few words can do so much. I also need to remember that my family needs encouragement as much as strangers.

Awwwww, I’m just rubbish at this really.

I just finished a big old project and I supposed that during that time, I did encourage some people. But not as well as I would have liked to do.

I am rather proud that one of my very last acts as the leader of this team was to tell one guy that I was very proud of him because he’d really turned things around and become quite a good worker and team player. That of all the things that happened on that project, it was one of the things I was most proud of.

First time I said it in a stupid way..luckily he said “what” and I could redeem myself.

Want to keep working on this goal.

Email me! tell me what you’re doing, or how i could help. i’ll do whatever i’m able to! Remember ANYTHING is POSSIBLE!!!

Ok….so I have gotten so completely off track on this goal it’s not even funny!

I am leading a team of people but have managed to get to a place where I’m in an environment of people who don’t trust one another. It’s hard because I honestly don’t trust them….but…I also know as the leader, I need to set the example of how we should all be treating each other.

That means being positive and enthuiastic and encouraging people as we get through the last part of this project.

That’s how we get through this thing!!

Want to change my own attitude so that I can help people see that we’re a good team and we CAN do this!

Not quite sure how to do that, except to act “as if”

... and sometimes myself (I like to write ‘em, too :>)...

I have been putting together these blogs of quotes with photography for people I’ve networked with in my profession—writing. I post them with artwork or photography I find scattered around the Internet. It is a fun little project for me to lay them out, but I have taken to doing it based on all of the despair I have seen circulating through the country as of late (I swear the earth is off axis or something!). With war, crime, pollution, poor diet, seasonal discomfort, disease, the economy, the dollar sinking, gas prices being so high, and mere life challenges of our every day…... depression and negativity have become an epidemic. It all seems to be getting worse for so many people, and I safely assume many more people just suffer in silence. So, like I said, I’ve taken to putting these posts together of inspirational quotes I have collected. I’ve had sooo many people drop me notes about how they enjoy them or “they couldn’t have come at a better time”, so I’ve kept it up. Now I do them out of a sense of duty somewhat, but it is honestly fun for me. It is fun to search for just the right image to go with the words. I thought I would post the URL for any of you who wanted to look through them, if you’re interested… :)

http://www.myspace.com/rubsaltintheheartbreak

... not so sure yet, but…

I have a friend who is going through hard knocks. The situation she is facing on the horizon for 2008 is quite close to the one I just went through in June. Though we have much different lives, our hearts are in the same place—a gamut of emotions both great and gargantuan. I have been frightfully honest with her, but also giving her all the support I feel she needs, and that is utter encouragement. The core word to encourage is courage and I just don’t think enough people realize that. She’s going to be fine, but it doesn’t always feel that way when the hard knocks knock sense into ya. :)

of a difference on this tonight at toastmasters.
Stopped myself a couple times from making smart comments at various points that may not be encouraging.
Also, at the pub afterwards was encouraging of people by letting them speak. Didn’t have to tell my story of interview “woes” the way i would have had to do in the past.
Seemed pretty relaxing and much less stressful, by just being a bit more conscious of what I was saying.