Accentuate the Positive
Well, of all things…..yesterday I thought about Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters singing this old song: You’ve got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don’t mess with Mister In-Between According to Wikipedia, those lyrics were by Johnny Mercer and the song was nominated for the “Academy Award for…
YES — Count Me In!
Yesterday I received an email asking me to be a “welcomer” at a 3-day Mission at my church this week. I’ll admit I had thoughts of saying “No”, because it meant I had to be at church an hour early each night and because I would just have returned home from Tulsa and, and, and…
Faith Talk
Yesterday I posted “Keep your words soft and sweet….because tomorrow you might have to eat them”. That is so true, and to take it a step further…. keeping our words positive and encouraging is equally as important to us and to others. People often ask me “What’s the secret to all that energy and enthusiasm…
Affirmative & Positive OR Negative & Pessimistic
Last week, a friend’s FB post reminded me of how important it is to speak affirming and encouraging words to our children and grandchildren. And, it shouldn’t stop there — speaking optimistic and uplifting words to everyone around us has the potential to change the course of someone’s day, even their life. Lots of wisdom…