Thursday, May 06, 2010

Something about encouragement

Anyone who has ever had a friend or a boss who was a fault-finder understands how important encouragement is and how disheartening the lack of it can be. Here's another reason to make it part of your way of being in the world:

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that one never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.

-- George M. Adams

3 comments:

  1. Thank you for encouraging me every day. This is one of the places I visit that feeds my soul. :-)

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  2. Hello, Deacon's Wife. How very lovely of you to comment. That means a lot to me and I'm glad the blog is meaningful to you.

    I have another blog that is geared more to traditional church oriented sprituality that might interest you as well. Right here:

    Does Not Wisdom Call?

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  3. very true, Ellie. I guess giving encouragement is like any form of giving - it generally feels good.

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