CBS new did a story on Noah, a boy who felt his life was so terrible that he was going to commit suicide until his friends began writing him letters of encouragement telling him that he mattered. You can read the inspiring story here and you can visit Letters for Noah to learn more.
Everyone needs encouragement now and then. Who do YOU know that could use a letter of encouragement and a kind word? Two people come immediately to my own mind. Tomorrow I will sit down and put my kind though meager thoughts to paper. It may seem a small thing to me, but it might be huge to the one in need.
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![]() This evening is about writing letters and scanning, scanning, scanning. I have some envelopes of note to show you but they can wait until tomorrow. Right now, I want to show you the SHOE. This shoe is a reminder to put my shoes on every day and to keep going. It is also a reminder to pray for the penpal who made the shoe. If tomorrow I should wake up and be tempted to call a pajama day I will see the shoe, take courage, and prevail. See what a good thing encouragement is? So, if your day promises to be challenging, say a prayer and put your shoes on. I have set a new goal and have taken steps to accomplish it. The last few weeks I have been reflecting on my life and in particular, the error of my ways. I have intended to recover the practice of sending cards, but being the Queen of Good Intentions, intending to do anything is quite easy. I am expert at good intentions. Good deeds, however, require effort...and a plan. So, Dear Reader, I have set a card writing goal. My goal is to mail at least one note of encouragement per week. With the aid of my trusty Rhodia Weekly Planner I have mapped out my card writing agenda for the next month. I feel so organized and simply writing names in my calendar makes me feel I have already accomplished something...but then so does inventing a good intention. For added measure I have pre-addressed the envelopes and placed them in my planner at the appointed week. I know this must sound like a spontaneity killer...and I do encourage spontaneous acts of mail...but everything else I deem important is not left to the whims of spontaneity; why should letter writing or card sending? No, it is time for a disciplined approach to accompany, and maybe even train, my whims. All is prepared; now to think fond thoughts of my friends and write those blessings down. I do hope I make their day.
![]() I sent this card to my friend Betty. Betty is a gracious lady with a twinkle in her eye and a gift for brightening people's days. After chatting with her after church one Sunday I thought I would send her a card letting her know my high opinion of her and because she is a beautiful person who knows how to love, laugh and live, I felt this card was a perfect match for her. A few days after mailing it I received a card from her with a lunch invitation. I returned from lunch a short time ago feeling not only fuller but richer for having spent time with her. Encourage-ment begets encouragement and I will now be thinking of someone else to mail kind thoughts to. |
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