Over the past couple of weeks I've heard a few things that have made me smile about how people who really don't know me very well perceive me. I've been told that I'm a positive person. That's nice. I have been complimented on the fact that I can take critique and don't mind having my creative ideas tweaked and altered. I have been thanked for smiling!! And today I got laughed at because I threw a minor strop when my computer cable got caught in a pile of stuff and sent things flying down the hallway. Apparently it is uncharacteristic of me to strop. Ha! If only they knew!!😁
If you remember a couple of weeks ago I talked about the funeral I was at and suggested that we all take time to tell people who mean alot to us exactly how they bless us? Well, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and wrote a few cards to a few people listing the ways in which they bless me. So far I've managed to deliver four of them secretly ( I really don't want to be there when people read them) All of them have blessed the recipients far and above the way I thought they might. Sometimes people really really need to hear some positives.
We are really good at negative feedback in our culture. We like a good moan and we are happy to write to the papers or give off on Facebook when someone upsets us. But how often do we sing the praises of people who have gone the extra mile, been kind, done a really good job? My friend John recently got dug out of a snowdrift by a passing Morrison's van driver who actually left, went for help and came back to him before heading off on his journey to deliver shopping in the snow. I suggested he should contact Morrisons and let them know. Last year I stupidly left my handbag ( purse , camera, and all) in a hire car at Luton airport. The guy on the phone was SO helpful, they got the bag and posted it back to me first class and didnt charge me for it. The only thing they asked was would I leave positive feedback on their website. I left glowing commendations and then received an email from the boss of Europcar in Luton thanking me and saying she was going to print my feedback and put it on the staff noticeboard because it was so nice for her staff to get praise.It really doesn't take much to make someone's day. Pointing out peoples strengths instead of their weaknesses, taking care to say thank you and mean it, recognising effort and being grateful for kindness, excellence and thoughtfulness. Today I challenge you take notice of the people who are serving you and let them know that you appreciate it. The person serving you coffee or in a shop, your boss at work, your spouse bringing you a cup of tea, your pastor or worship team or sound desk guy.... they all are mostly taken for granted. Wouldnt it be nice to bless them today?
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