Affirmation: I love the person I am, and who I am becoming. I am willing to grow and change.~~~~~
Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown
Cultivate Rest and Play.
DIG Deep
GET DELIBERATE
What brings joy and meaning into your life? One of the activities that has been transformative for me (and that I continue to do) was sitting down and creating a Joy and Meaning list with my family. We thought about all the great times we had together and wrote down the ingredients of what made us feel good about who we were and fostered our connection to one another. Now, it's your turn to create a Joy and Meaning list. I like to think about this as backing into a recipe. Think of two or three times over the course of a day, a week or even a weekend when you felt grounded and joyful. What was happening? We're looking for four to six essential ingredients. Write them down in your journal.
Add your list to the response so we can encourage and inspire each other.
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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews
The Compassionate Decision
6. I WILL GREET THIS DAY WITH A FORGIVING SPIRIT.
By the act of forgiving, I am no longer consumed by unproductive thoughts. I will forgive those who have criticized me unjustly.
I now understand that forgiveness has value only when it is given away. I forgive their lack of vision, and I forge ahead.
I now know that criticism is part of the price paid for leaping past mediocrity. I will forgive those who do not ask for forgiveness. From this day forward, my history will cease to control my destiny. I have forgiven myself. My life has just begun.
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:32 NIV
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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love. by Bob Goff
GIVE AWAY LOVE LIKE YOU'RE MADE OF IT.
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
JOHN 15:9
When my kids were little, I used to hang piñatas from our favorite tree in the backyard as often as possible. Sometimes we did it for their birthdays, but sometimes we did it because it was Saturday, and what better day for a piñata than Saturday? I'd sneak off to the store to get a dinosaur or unicorn or rainbow-colored zebra, fill it full of candy, and two hours later we'd be scrambling through the grass in search of Starbursts.
The more opportunities I've had to blow it as an adult, the more other peoples' responses have reminded me we're a lot like .those piñatas from my backyard. When people erupt into fits of rage when they're wronged or surprise us with tenderness when we know they've been hurt, we get to see what's inside of them. We see what they're made of whenever they break.
Hopefully it's not with a baseball bat, but at some point in life something will break you. We can't avoid it, because we're all a little broken and we're bound to get things wrong. Someone will eventually nestle their way into your heart and then let you down. And when they do, you'll either explode in anger or show a steady stream of love. Be love, so love will flow out when people fail you, just like it flowed from Jesus when He took the fall for us.
Give away love like you're made of it. Let it fill you up like candy in a pinata, so when you take a hit, it's what will pour out of you.
What loving thing can you do today for someone who isn't expecting it?
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