who is encouraging whom?

I find myself in a position of encouraging others. It's pretty much always been this way. I love to find something in another person that I think is amazing and really special. I love it even more when I can be a mirror for that person and let them see what I see. To be able to see beyond the surface is a gift. We all have that gift as children. Somewhere along the way we often lose it. We learn to filter our thoughts and insights to conform.
I feel blessed in many ways and one of them is my child-like ability to see. See things that should be obvious to everyone & see things that no-one else can see for whatever reason. Sometimes that ability is a curse. People don't always want to know what lies ahead, or is in their very current existence. The key to using the gift is knowing delivery-method and timing. I continue everyday to learn more and get better at-delivery.
Delivering encouragement is so satisfying. I get encouraged every time I am able to encourage another person-the look on their face, the spring in their step-it makes all the normal crap of everyday go away-if only for a moment.
I hold onto the moments-they are a gift.

back pain

Tried to lift a box and KILLED my back! ARGH-just when I was finally getting back in the gym. Guess this is a good lesson in just taking a day off to take care of myself-when was the last time I did that!???!
Funny how I seem to be the one that always takes care of everyone else. I guess I tend to like it that way-but every once in a awhile I like to be the one being taken care of-not very often though-would rather be the care giver. Just need to learn to balance myself better so that I am not completely maxed out with the giving before I take time to allow myself to receive.
Worried about AM taking this trip to Zambia...she has a heart for this though so I have to have a lot more faith and know that she is doing what she is called to do...
hope this trip helps her to decide what she needs to concentrate on in college-she stresses about that-talk about having too many talents-so people may see that as a gift or a curse who knows...the curse comes in not knowing what to do with the gifts.............to whom much is given, much is expected