We Can All Help One Another
I think we all know someone today who is struggling and having a tough time. Sometimes the most important thing to help inspire or motivate someone to consider possibilities for renewal is a little encouragement or vote of confidence from someone else.
That inspirational person could be you. We have all experienced disappointments, losses and fearfulness due to challenging life events or circumstances. Sometimes life events push us a little too far, so that we temporarily lose sight of our mission or goals and all the things we have to be grateful for. Times are challenging, and it is not difficult to find someone in need of encouragement and support. Some people find it easier to see and consider possibilities so that they meet and rise above challenges easier than others.
Everyone makes mistakes, bad judgments and just plain goofs up from time to time. Some people can roll with the punches with great strength and resolution of purpose so that defeat is an impossibility for them. Other people become easily discouraged and defeated.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
by Confucius
Most of us fall somewhere in between. Our human spirit emerges time after time to lift us up so that we can meet most of the ups and downs with a healthy mindset. However, many of us have known moments of despair that have tried to pull us downward. And something or someone stepped in with just the right words of comfort, reassurance or hope so that we picked up our feet and moved forward once again. Perhaps this is the time that such a word or gesture from you is just the ticket to lift someone else from despair. You can let them know that you care, that their life is important, their work is important and that they can find peace, hope and solutions.
Maybe just giving a little of your time, some words of encouragement to consider possibilities, an introduction or referral that can provide assistance, a book or an article or a poem with inspirational quotes, an offer of transportation, a phone call, a beautiful flower or some other fitting gesture could be just the perfect thing to provide that little bit of hope to lift someone up.