Encouraging Words Today
Are you struggling with feelings of discouragement and you are desperate to look up and find just a little joy in your life?
Try this simple gesture today,
“If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.” – Aung San Suu Kyi
It really does work. There is something magical about the ability to step outside of your own pain, frustration, and discouragement and help someone else.
The pay off for you will be the simple smile or the hug they give you in return for your gesture of help.
It does not have to be a difficult gesture, it just has to be one.
Think about opportunities where you can help someone.
It can be as simple as a smile and a greeting as you walk into the gas station and hold the door for someone.
It can be letting the person behind you who only has a banana check out before you.
You can shovel your neighbors side walk for them.
You can leave soup at your sick family or friend’s door step.
You can get your friend at work a coffee or their favorite drink.
You can leave a note with a simple smiley face in your loved ones or children’s lunch box.
The sky is the limit to how a simple gesture can change someone’s day, while changing yours at the same time.
My Friend, be the reason someone smiles today!
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Published by Heidi Benson
I am a wife, mom, and daughter. I have served in the United States Army, gone to college, and received a Batchelor's Degree in Criminology. I married my husband when he was on active duty in the United States Army so I have the unique knowledge of what it is like to be on both sides of a Military uniform. I have been a wife for a lot longer than when I was in the Army.
While we were stationed in Germany, my daughter, who is 23 years old now was born and I chose to put my career on hold to be a mom and eventually a homeschool mom.
The past 15 years have been wrought with many struggles for various reasons, but it is as a result of those struggles that this blog has come about.
As the years passed and the struggle kept coming, I would say to God, "I'm not sure why we have to go through all of this, but if we have to God, then allow my story to serve as a means of encouragement to others so all this pain isn't for nothing."
Well, the years passed but the struggles never went away. I feel now is the time God wants me to begin sharing my story. It is my prayer as I share my heart that it will serve as a healing opportunity for you, my readers. Know you are not alone. There are hope and encouragement that waits.
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