Strengths

Saturday, 1 August 2020

Strengths

I love knowing my Strengths. I love seeing the Strengths in others.

I love the process of getting to know myself and other people.

I love hearing people’s stories and hearing where they shine and pointing out the gold of their Strengths.

It brings me Joy to acknowledge the Strengths in others. It brings me joy to encourage others. This is one of my key Strengths that comes naturally for me.

Last weekend I spent time with my Niece and her boyfriend and I loved getting to know them and helping them to articulate and record their Strengths.

With my children I am always on the look out for their Strengths and love telling them that I am so proud of them. This week my daughter received a Silver Award from school, plus another Mercy Card for Maths plus was moved up to Extension English.

I do believe we have our gifts and talents, our Strengths that come naturally to us. And I also believe in personal development, where we can work on areas that don’t come as easily for us and increase our Strengths. I also believe that it is important to put time and effort into building our Strengths and skills.

I am blessed that I naturally see the Strengths in others. I am blessed that this is my life’s work.

No comments:

Post a Comment

I Choose Joy

Today is Mother’s Day 2020 - I love being a Mum and I love celebrating special occasions with my beautiful family - I am blessed.

As a Mum there is so much to do and so much to get done. As a Mum I am on a Mission to be the best Mum I can be - this is what is most important to me. I do love the word Mission, defined as “an important goal or purpose that is accompanied by strong conviction”.

Today I am setting a simple Mission for the year ahead - to be Joyful or Joy Filled.

I love the word Joyful, defined as “experiencing, causing or showing Joy”. I also love the idea of Joy Filled - where the word Fill means “to make, to become full, to use empty space”, and Joy means “delight, pleasure, happiness” and to be filled with Joy means “to be extremely happy, content, to be delighted”.

I love when you feel Joy - it is felt in the heart - it lights you up and warms your heart and creates an imprint in our memory.

I will be actively choosing and pursuing Joy, and deliberating creating Joy to colour our days and nights.

I am making a commitment to write 100 posts over the next one year, two per week, as an opportunity to record my thoughts, insights, discoveries. This is my journey and I write these posts to be the best Mum I can be - it is not intended to give advice - it is my brave process and adventure, and this Blog is about keeping me accountable too.

I am actively going to pursue Joy Starters and be conscious of, and proactive with, the Joy Robbers. And I want to teach my children the importance of Joy too. I really want my children to be happy and Joyful, where each night as we go to sleep we are at peace.

I am hoping that when I reach Mother’s Day 2021, I will look back on the year and really feel that it was Joyful, and that in this process I learn new tips and tricks for my life.