Leave a one-word comment that you think best describes me. It can only be ONE word. No more than one word.The responses:
integrity
comforting
honest
wordsmith
passionate
capable
genuine
knowledgeable
funny
(Of course, one jesting or clueless friend merely wondered what the question was. His last post was Kristi.)All true, but somewhat overwhelming in sum. More interesting than the words themselves was learning who chose to describe me with each of those words. And that led me to wonder how often we let people know what we see in them.
Not long ago, I sent a card to a friend telling them something I appreciated about them and why. They had no idea. And they were so gratified to know that.
I'm not much into New Year's Resolutions. They seem destined to fail. But, discounting the timing, I'm going to make an effort to be better at uplifting people in this way. To tweak a phrase, it only takes an encouraging word. Just one.
