E is for Encouragment

E is for encouragement. Without it, I would not be where I am today. I have a wonderful support system of friend who I would not be the same if they weren't around to keep me in line and kick my butt when warranted, which is quite often.

If it weren't for their serial cheer leading I would not get any stories written or be able to handle my day to day life. There have been times in my past when I didn't want to go on and I didn't think I would make it one more day in the hell that I felt I had been living in but they kept encouraging me and telling me that it would get better to just keep going on.

I had a boss a few years ago, when I worked for the state of Missouri, who was very special to me. She encouraged me to follow my dreams and head towards my goal for a better life. When I left her to work at another job she gave me a water globe that had Peter Pan in it and the song that played  was “You can fly.” She tried to find one that was the Little Engine that Could but she couldn't so she got me Peter Pan instead and said it was trying to convey the same message. I can do anything I put my mind to. Every day when I look at the globe I am reminded of her encouragement and what she told me when she gave me that globe. To me the globe is my mantra of I think I can, I think I can, to I know I can I know I can. She passed away in 2004 from cancer and I still think of her every day and what she told me and how I could make my life better by just pushing forward and never giving up.

When I was little I had very little encouragement so I tried to prove to the world that I could do but there many days when I let my fears get the best of me and I even do it now but I have friends who I can talk to and they tell me to keep going forward and it will all get better. I try to be an encouraging friend to all that I know and I know that sometimes I get through to them and some days it’s just so bad that you just ignore what others are saying and just let it ride.

Encouragement is a powerful thing and many people do not realize how much power they have in their hands. Saying the right thing might be the difference a person needs to keep going on and not take a wrong turn in life. I still have yet to realize my dreams but I know that I have friends who are right behind me 100% and won’t let me fail without trying. Thank you to all my friends who have been there for me and continue to support me and kick me in the butt when it’s needed.