USE YOUR WORDS! The toddler was obviously distraught as he cried and thrashed his arms. His mom, calmly said, “I don’t know what is wrong. Tell me what is wrong. Use your words.” This scene echoed in my mind. It wasn’t the frustration of a two year old that impacted me. It was the wisdom of the mom to encourage him by saying, “Use your words.” How often do we need to be told to – Use Your Words? How often do we allow anger, fear, impatience, disappointment to bring us to the point of tears and outbursts? We don’t express what is at the core of the problem. We don’t share our experience out loud with others allowing our vulnerability to be shared. Use your words! How often do we see others in the adult version of the toddler’s meltdown and push them away without encouraging them to share their feelings? Use your words! How often do we see something we agree with or enjoy on social media and find it easy just to click an automated button that expresses “like” for us without taking the time to write how much we loved it and how it touched our heart—and why? Use your words! How often do we pass strangers in our day’s journey without acknowledging their space in the world… not a “Hi,” “Hello,” or “Have a wonderful day?” Use your words! How often do we pass the opportunity without telling the ones closest to us that we love and appreciate them and just assume they must know? Use your words! From the moment a baby is born we begin talking to them and telling them we love them. When they are able to say their first word we are filled with pride and joy. We are given voices to interact on the most human level with others. Use your words to acknowledge others. Don’t look at the ground as you walk. Look at the faces of those walking with you. Use your words to express kindness. Use your words to express where your fear and hurt is coming from. Don’t lash out with a violent thrashing temper when you are frustrated or angry. Use your words to tell people how you feel. If you love them, say it! Don’t assume others know how you feel. Don’t sit behind a screen tapping an automated “LIKE” button allowing a machine to express your thoughts. Take the time to use your words! Say them, speak them and write them down. Use Your WORDS! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pennie’s Life Lesson: “Don’t allow anger to explode or fear to silence you. Use your words to express your feelings!” ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pennie Heart to Heart USE YOUR WORDS YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to communicate your feelings. Allowing them to fester inside will only cause an explosion at some point. Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: [email protected]. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013-2019 Pennie Hunt This was written and produced by Pennie Hunt. Feel free to forward and share this post. Please keep the entire message intact, including contact, logo, and copyright information.
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How often do you wash your hands? Most people wash their hands after gardening, before cooking, after using the restroom, and after shaking hands with someone who has a cold. We’ve been trained to use soap and water, and create friction by rubbing our hands together for as long as it takes to hum the happy birthday song in order to remove all of life’s nasty germs. I would like to share with you one of my nontraditional reason to wash your hands. How often to do come home from work completely stressed? Have you ever returned from grocery shopping or running errands feeling exhausted? Do you drive to work mentally overloaded with family issues and home responsibilities? This all happens because we absorb negative energy. For me, I feel the energy of other’s so deeply that it bogs me down to the point of feeling overwhelmed and at times physically ill. So, I have created a ritual to address this issue. You have heard the phrase, ‘wash your hands of it.’ Do this literally and intentionally. Stand over the sink, use soap and water, create friction by rubbing our hands together, and visualize washing off all of the stress, exhaustion, responsibilities and negative energy you have absorbed. Choose your own theme or fight song to hum or sing if that helps. Create your own ritual. When you come home stressed from work create a habit of washing your hands. Add this to your routine of changing from your work clothes to your comfy home clothes. James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, calls this habit stacking. His idea is that by adding a new task to something you already do it is easier for it to become a habit. What ever your after work routine is add washing your hands to it. Wash your hands of it! Clean your hands and your mind of your work responsibilities before you engage with your family, friends and home life. After grocery shopping or being in large groups, if you feel exhausted from picking up all the negative energy from other people --Wash your hands of it! While you are humming your personal fight song, visualize all that dirty negative energy going down the drain. When you arrive to work in the morning, if your mental backpack is overflowing with family issues and home responsibilities -- Wash your hands of it! Suds up those hands and intentionally allow the soap to cleanse and temporarily distance yourself from all of it, before you sit down to your desk or workstation. There are so many times and situations you can use this technique to wash away negative energy. You may be surprised how such a simple ritual can clear your mind and energize your body. Remember – Wash your hands of it! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ Pennie’s Life Lesson: “Wash your hands of it! Visualize stress, fear, anger, and hurt going down the drain!” ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to take control of the negative energy you pick up. You can 'wash your hands of it!' Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: [email protected]. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013-2019 Pennie Hunt This was written and produced by Pennie Hunt. Feel free to forward and share this post. Please keep the entire message intact, including contact, logo, and copyright information. My Dad had a rule of giving businesses and people three chances. He felt that anyone can have a day when things just don’t go right and shouldn’t be judged on one interaction or experience. So he would allow three times to get it right. He wouldn’t discount a restaurant if he had a bad meal the first time he visited, or complain if a sales clerk didn’t treat him kindly, or judge a person by on misguided choice. He would give them a second chance. And a third. But, if on the third chance they were still inadequate or unkind he would feel confident that he gave them enough of his time to show their potential before he decided they would not be a part of his life. My Dad passed away in 2005. Now when I have an unpleasant experience I try to remember the Charlie Hunt 3 Strikes Rule before I immediately form an opinion. The second or third pitch just might be a home run! Pennie’s Life Lesson: "Don't judge on the first experience or the second - the third pitch just might be a home run." YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to remember that everyone can have a bad day, an off moment, a slip in judgment. What if you gave them three changes, before you judged them? Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: [email protected]. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013-2019 Pennie Hunt This was written and produced by Pennie Hunt. Feel free to forward and share this post. Please keep the entire message intact, including contact, logo, and copyright information. Why do we hold certain space markers in time so close to our hearts? The stars on the calendar that designate special days and moments are there to encourage us to remember to remember. My husband and I just celebrated our wedding anniversary. As the day approached we planned a celebration dinner. Throughout the anticipation and planning of the celebration we talked about what we were doing in this space of time years ago as we designed our wedding. We talked about how he proposed, the preparation and the ceremony. But more importantly I was reminded of the feelings of that space in time. I could FEEL the excitement again. I could sense the bouquet in my hands and the smell of the lilies. I once again was holding my son's arm as he walked me through the grass to ceremony site. I could hear the ocean as the waves crashed to the rocks just steps from our vows. I could feel the commitment as my husband stated, in front of our family, why he loved me. I could see the joy in the faces of the ones who joined us as we cheered with champagne, ate and danced. I once again felt gratitude for the joining of us. It was more than just saying "Happy Anniversary." The most important part of this exercise is this— We are here to have joy. By remembering not just with your mind, but through re-feeling the joy and bringing it out of the memory space and into your emotions here and now the joy will flow through you again. The more joy you can remember, the more joy you will live in, and the more joy you will make. How can you use this daily? Remember that every moment is a future memory. Fill every day with joy worthy of a star on the calendar. The next time one of your special days marked with a star come up on your calendar Remember to Remember - not just the day, but also the feelings, the sights, the sounds and the smells. Re-feel the experience. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pennie's Life Lesson- "Remember to Remember not just a memory, but to re-feel the joy the memories hold." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pennie Heart to Heart |
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