How does it feel?

Some days you look forward to and some you do not. Some days are overwhelming with the amount on the "TO DO LIST" -- because not matter what or who you are you have a "TO DO LIST". You don't even have to have it written down, maybe you just have a check list in your head of wants and to dos. It can seem endless and unreachable sometimes, or once something is physically or mentally checked off, you are ready to add on the next thing that you "almost" forgot or need to accomplish.
Maybe you tried something and it didn't work out, you failed, you let someone down, you misplaced something, you worked really hard and it wasn't good enough, you disappointed someone, or you let them walk all over you, because you were tired, busy, frustrated, exhausted and lots of other words you can insert here.
With everything one has going on in their fast paced life these days, it is almost a wonder that we have time for ourselves, let alone thinking about other people. We are constantly managing change, trying to prepare for the unexpected, managing relationships, our body, our job, our home, what we should or think we should be doing, carting our children around to this and that activity, going to parties, events and gatherings. When do we have time to breath, sleep, just be YOU.
And yet when someone takes a minute out of that day to truly make another person feel loved, important or special it really makes us feel that we are important and helps us to reflect and take the time to reach out to someone else that could use that little acknowledgement in their otherwise crappy/hard/stressful/busy day. Maybe we just need that little boost of motivation, maybe we are usually the one to motivate others, but someone knew that we needed it for a change.
I am grateful for those people in my life who either recognize that I need a little praise, a little encouragement and a little boost now and again, or those who just do it to do it and it happens to fall into a time when I need it the most, even if the person didn't really know it.
Sometimes you only need that little hug of kindness from someone to make you feel better. Thank you to those of you in my life who have done this for me, who have inspired me, prayed for me, believed in me and made me feel loved, blessed, appreciated and cherished. The way you made me feel no matter how small an act, made a world of difference to me.


I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou