Genuine Encouagement

[Mystic Blue]

      Proverbs 15:23}–> A man has joy in an apt answer,
and how delightful is a timely word!
      All of us need encouragement – somebody to believe
in us. To reassure and reinforce us. To help us pick up the pieces and
go on. To provide us with increased determination in spite of the
odds.....
      When we encourage others we spur then on, we stimulate
and affirm them. It is helpful to remember the distinction between
appreciation and affirmation. We appreciate what a person does, but we
affirm who a person is. Appreciation comes and goes because it is
usually related to something someone accomplishes. Affirmation goes
deeper. It is directed to the person himself or herself.
      
      I do not care how influential or secure or mature a
person may appear to be, genuine encouragement never fails to help. Most
of us need massive doses of it.   Love Mystic Blue