​WHO ARE YOU LIFTING IN LIFE by Pennie Hunt

When my grandkids were toddlers, they would reach their arms up to me. What do you do when a child does this? You lift them up, right? Toddlers can only see at the level of our kneecaps, so they want to be lifted to see the big, amazing world that we see. My grandkids also wanted to see if ​I​ had cookies on my kitchen counter.

When children are that size, parents and grandparents lift them. We teach them about life and show them what is right and wrong. We lift their minds and their hearts. As they grow, the lifters increase. When one of my grandsons went to first grade, he asked me if I knew what a cafeteria was. That was a whole new world for him. ​He had new lifters- cafeteria workers and teachers.

Soon they will have coaches and bus drivers. Then comes college, jobs, and employers​ --more lifters. As parents and grandparents, we hope that all these new lifters are showing them good things about life. Healthy things about life.

Then something changes. A shift happens. The kids grow up, and instead of being lifted, they become the lifters. They become the parents, the employers, and the bosses. They start doing the heavy lifting of raising children, supporting, and mentoring others.

Today, I would like you to think about lifting. Who did you lift today? Did you raise someone’s spirits? Did you find someone who is down, sad, or lonely, and did you lift them up? Did you encourage someone who felt discouraged in life, in their career, or in their relationship? Was it a child that you helped? Did you encourage them and lift them up? Was it someone older, like a parent, that you lifted?

Whenever you interact with someone who needs to be lifted, take the time to stop and talk with them. You have the power to lift them up. Don’t ever miss an opportunity to lift someone’s mind and heart. Helping, car​etaking, and lifting others makes us a good person, right?

Yes, it does. But, in this process of growing and lifting that we all go through, WE stop being lifted. We are busy being good people and lifting others. We believe it is a selfless act to help others.​

We are too busy and too tired to lift ourselves. We believe it would be selfish to spend time caring for and lifting ourselves. Maybe we never learned how to practice self-care, or if we did, we have forgotten how. Maybe we believe that everyone else deserves to be lifted, but we are not good enough to receive that kind of attention.

Today, when you are thinking about who you can lift, look in the mirror and lift yourself. Don’t criticize the person you see. Give yourself kindness and love. Notice all the good things about who you are. Appreciate all the good you do for others and say to yourself, “I am good enough!” Take time to spoil yourself a little. Take time to have fun and enjoy life.
Be your own lifter!
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                                                      Pennie’s Life Lesson:
                          Never miss an opportunity to lift someone else and
                           never forget to look in the mirror and lift yourself.
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​YOUR TURN...        
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