I find myself taking after my mother more and more. She finds sayings that inspire her or just strike her fancy, and she puts them by her computer for inspiration. Once I was working on the computer and found just such a saying.
These words apply to many, but I found them most important when dealing with a child. How many children hear negative comments or teasing on a regular basis? Making a child feel special for a small point in time will echo through out their life. The negative moments become a big baggage of pain, but the positive moments twinkle like a star in heaven. I try to say positive comments more than negative, but some days that is SO hard. But then I sit at my computer, and there sits these words of wisdom.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa
Words to try to live by !!!
What a lovely thought! It's really hard to stay mindful of the need to encourage others, especially children. I often wish I had been more supportive when you kids were little.
ReplyDeleteTimes are different now. More emphasis is placed on the emotional well being of people than it used to be.
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