The Encouragement Project
What is encouragement?
Understanding is not always achieved by talking. If you've ever had teenagers, you know this fact is true. We named our youngest son Will never expecting him to literally live into that name. He …
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When you choose the adventure of living a life as an encourager, you may not be able to see the difference you make at first.This is the time to listen and carefully observe those around you.In the …
I attend a church that was built by Welsh farmers in 1715. Along the road, there is a beautiful stone wall that winds down around in a gentle curve and ends just before the driveway. Standing there, …
I was sorting through old family papers and I came upon part of a letter my Dad had written to someone. One line stood out: "I have learned that in any terrible situation, there are always …
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I just finished reading The Splendid and the Vile, but Erik Larson. It’s a book about the time when Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain before the Americans were catapulted into the war because of …
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Thank yourself.Think about it. How often do you thank yourself? Never? It doesn’t quite fit with the bootstrap society we live in, does it?Appreciation though, isn’t just for others. There are so many …
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” Carl JungThe word practice can call up images of mothers calling us to do dreaded scales on the piano or learning something that’s a …
It feels so good when someone stops to notice your fabulousness, doesn’t it? I don’t know about you, but I think I could get used to a little more of it. It isn’t that I don’t hear it- I hear it alot …
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I know, awesoming isn’t a word - or at least, it’s probably not yet reached the dictionary. It started when my boys, ages 6 and 8 at the time, discovered hair gel and the wonders it could produce.They …
I don’t know when I began to notice that I was ignoring the messages of encouragement given over and over again. It was like they were on a different frequency. I simply didn’t hear them. I’m a late …
