I was talking with one of my friends the other day and I brought up encouragement in general. We eventually narrowed the topic down to our parents ( who would have thought;). We continued talking and started sharing different thoughts about encouraging. I related to her the following...
You know, I once learned a song on my electric guitar; I was so excited about it because I had been working on it for a long time and I had finally gotten it down pretty well. I asked my mom to come listen to it.....that didn't go very well. So later on after my dad got home from work I asked him to listen to it.... I guess he gave a OK response..."oh...neat" and then just kinda forgot about it. A couple weeks later I had learned how to palm mute on my guitar ( if you don't know what that is just ignore it) I wanted to share it with someone so I called my dad in, showed it to him, then he changed the subject and asked about something I had done earlier.
I'm not slamming my dad at all, I just think that we (as a general rule) need to be more encouraging. When your younger sister shows you a picture that she drew, complement her and take a genuine interest in her drawing. When Your friend tries to tell you about her new hairstyle, ask questions about it...take a interest in what she is interested in. You will have so many people that want to be around you if you are a encouraging person! I know someone who is the definition of sweet. She is always encouraging someone in some way or another, whether by giving a hug or asking a simple question. so, when your little sister/brother shows you that painting or the song they just learned, don't think " Man, I have so many better things I could be doing right now!" and just ignore them. Instead, take time with them. Maybe we can actually be an example to our parents of an encouraging person ( I don't know...just a thought)
Hope some of this made sense...this was kinda all just coming on at one time so sorry if it meant nothing....sorry!
David :)
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