Week #283 – “I believe in you!” (Encourage someone today!)
Greetings Tribe — and Happy Friday!
I hope you all enjoyed a “Rob Church Kinda Day” this week!
I’m running out of daylight here on the West Coast and I was looking back at some favorite posts. I came across this one from Week #74...the week Spread Happyness was featured in a coloring book! So here’s a look back…and a little reminder:
I believe in you! (Now go encourage someone today!)
To recap: Spread Happyness was featured in a coloring book back in 2016. I had interviewed Scott Cuzzo of SpryMind in November 2015 as part of my “Happyness in Action” series. Scott spreads happiness by creating coloring books that are good for adults of all ages and genders. His most recent release at that time, “Believe!”, featured over two-dozen positive quotes and thoughts on the word “Believe” — including one from yours truly!
At the time of the release, I had been traveling for an entire month — away from home and my work routines. Stripped of all the things that were keeping me focused, busy, on purpose, and pleasantly distracted. I was left with an abundance of time to be out in the world, and honestly, it just made me miss Rob more!
It was enough to make me want to get back on a plane and head home.
But I made myself stay…reminded as I was in October that if I can sit with it long enough, there was presence in the absence. There still is. In every new experience, there is a painful reminder that he is gone for good. I cannot text him or call, cannot share the latest laugh, or ridiculousness, or Super Bowl commentary. Yet my relationship with him somehow continues.
Even five-plus years later.
It is a rock and a hard place. Which reminds me of the coloring page that Scott drew for my quote, and my own interpretation of his drawing. To me it was a rock — buried in a pile of other rocks — perhaps looking for a way out, or a way to the top, or encouraging another rock to do what seems impossible: BELIEVE!
Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: BELIEVE IN SOMEONE!!! Rob loved to encourage people. Even if he didn’t always believe in himself — he always took time to believe in others. If you know someone who’s between a rock and a hard place — take time to say “I believe in you!” Send them a note, share this page, or sit down and color with them while they sort it all out!
And if it’s you that’s feeling discouraged this week…then this post is for you! “I believe in you!”
Spread Happyness…Encourage someone today! Share your stories in the comments!
2/14/20 by Grace Church
© Grace Church
grace@spreadhappyness.com
(To learn more about Scott Cuzzo: visit him on Facebook (facebook.com/sprymind), browse his coloring books on Amazon, or contact him directly at scott@sprymind.com.)