Week #289 – Back to Basics: Stay Healthy and Stay Connected!
Greetings Tribe — and Healthy Friday to you all!
(I’m changing my usual greeting to “Healthy” because that’s what’s top of mind right now.)
As social distancing measures increase throughout the country and more cities go into “lockdown” mode — our body language, voices, and verbal communication skills are being brought to the forefront.
Texting and GIF’s just aren’t enough for this. We need to see people, to look at their faces, to hear their voices, to feel their spirit.
There are many statistics that argue how much of communication is verbal versus physical…I’ll leave that to you to Google this morning. Most agree that more than half of our communication is in body language alone. And even more is in other non-verbal cues.
But we don’t need a study to know that. Anyone who’s ever lived or worked with another human being long enough knows: it’s not always what we say, but HOW we say it — in tone, body posture, and a little eye-roll here and there!
Its a good reminder that Happyness isn’t spread by big effort or rocket-science…it’s in the most basic of communication. And it’s ours for the giving…any time…free of charge. Especially at a time such as this. We just need to count to four:
Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: BACK TO BASICS! It’s very easy to shrink back from everyone and isolate ourselves in fear — or skip the basics and get right into the issues that are top of mind right now (there are SO MANY!). And while both instincts are certainly valid — they aren’t always the things that connect us. (And in some cases, they might actually threaten to divide and separate us.) So as you continue to both ground and distance yourself this week (all while adjusting to ever changing news and updates) — remember to CONNECT with those you encounter and count to four first…smile, wave, say hello, and ask “How are you doing?”
Spread Happyness — Stay Healthy and Stay Connected!
3/27/20 by Grace Church
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