Friday, September 27, 2013

Validate Them

As you go about your day today there is something you need to remember. 

The people you will rub elbows with need some things from you.  They will be the ordinary people that you see most every day. 

What do they want?

-Connection
   -Acknowledgement
      -Validation
   -Some to care
-Someone to listen without interrupting

~Maybe they just awoke and haven’t had their morning coffee yet.

~Maybe they are rushing around to get their kids to school.

~Maybe they themselves are headed to a dreaded doctor’s appointment and fear the worst.

~If they look a little sleepy-eyed, perhaps they just got off work from their second job to help pay their mortgage or utility bill.

~If they don’t have a smile, maybe they need yours. 

You see, perhaps they just need an affirming hand or an affirming word of confidence spoken to their heart. 

They simply need a connection with another human being.  They need their faith restored to replace the rudeness that others less considerate have shoveled their way.

They need validation.

They constantly ask:
     Do I matter?
          Does anyone care?
               Is life worth living?

Today, perhaps today or tomorrow, you could be the hands of God to touch some weary person somewhere. 

Perhaps. 

P Michael Biggs
Offering Hope
Encouragement Inspiration
One Word at a Time

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