From: ChristianMystic@webtv.net   
      
         Proverbs 15:23}–> A man has joy in an apt answer,   
   and how delightful is a timely word!   
         All of us need encouragement – somebody to believe   
   in us. To reassure and reinforce us. To help us pick up the pieces and   
   go on. To provide us with increased determination in spite of the   
   odds.....   
         When we encourage others we spur then on, we stimulate   
   and affirm them. It is helpful to remember the distinction between   
   appreciation and affirmation. We appreciate what a person does, but we   
   affirm who a person is. Appreciation comes and goes because it is   
   usually related to something someone accomplishes. Affirmation goes   
   deeper. It is directed to the person himself or herself.   
            
         I do not care how influential or secure or mature a   
   person may appear to be, genuine encouragement never fails to help. Most   
   of us need massive doses of it.   Love Mystic Blue   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)