Help Me To Be An Encouragement To Others

24 Ways To Encourage Others – Giving Encouragement To People

Help Me To Be An Encouragement To Others

“Most of us,swimming against the tides oftrouble the world knows nothing about,need only a bit of praise or encouragement –

and we will make the goal.”

~ Jerome Fleishman ~

What Is Encouragement?

Definition: ENCOURAGEMENT : something that makes someone feel more supported: something that makes someone more determined, hopeful, or confident

: something that makes someone more ly to do something

Yesterday when I listed the Top 41 Lessons Blogging Teaches About Life And The Ways Blogging Has Changed Me, one of the things I talked about was how I knew I was loved. Feeling loved is powerful…very powerful.

Have you ever heard of times in the news when people did things that seemed impossible? I remember long ago when a boy was trapped under a car and the boy’s mother lifted the car AND pulled the boy out from under it. Sounded absolutely impossible, but it really happened. That was some powerful love.

Love is a powerful emotion that can help people do things they never dreamed they could accomplish.

One of the reasons that I talk so much about PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is because when I was being tormented by it, I felt very alone.

It was bad enough teetering between feeling insane or an alien in my own skin, but to also feel lonely and alone was almost more than I could bear.

Because of that terrorizing, agonizing, depressing, scary, unhappy, sad, lonely period of my life, I think it is absolutely necessary for EVERYONE to understand PTSD.

Giving a person with PTSD encouragement helps them hang on and continue to fight the agony they feel. Most of the time it feels impossible to live another minute and the reasons to continue living don’t really feel that important. Encouragement helps a person feel more hopeful.

Even though a person may appear to be perfectly fine, they may actually be hurting inside. That is often true with people who are experiencing PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and depression.

There is something we all can do for people who are hurting.

There are many ways that we can give people hope and one of the easiest ways is to give encouragement regularly. That may sound vague and not that important, but encouragement is the emotionally equivalent to throwing a rope to a drowning man. Hope is empowering and since encouragement gives hope, you can help to empower someone who is hurting.

Here is a list of 24 easy and practical ways that you can give encouragement to people:

  1. Go to lunch or dinner together.
  2. Give the person praise publicly.
  3. Offer to do a task for the person.
  4. Spend time listening to the person talk.
  5. Ask the person how you can help them.
  6. Offer to babysit their children so they can get away for a while.
  7. Call the person often just to let them know you were thinking of them.
  8. Post a compliment or encouraging words on their wall.
  9. When someone is making changes in their life, notice and offer words of praise.
  10. Smile as you pass other people. You never know who needs to see a kind face to give them hope.
  11. Write a letter of commendation to the person’s boss.
  12. Write a note and put it in their lunch or leave a note on their desk.
  13. Give the person a gift.
  14. Give the person a hug.
  15. Give the person a compliment.
  16. Give the person an uplifting card.
  17. Give the person a motivational book.
  18. Give the person a gift card to a restaurant.
  19. Send the person chocolates.
  20. Send the person flowers/Give the person a single flower.
  21. Tell the person a funny joke.
  22. Tell the person that you love them.
  23. Tell the person you will pray for them.
  24. Tell the person that you appreciate them.

Having the opportunity to offer encouragement to another person is a privilege. Giving of yourself will not only help the other person, but a consequence of your unselfishness is that you will feel happier and better about yourself. Being encouraging doesn’t take that much time or effort for you, but it could mean the world to the person who is swimming against the tides of trouble.

Sherry Riter a.k.a. The Redhead Riter is Witty, Intelligent & Addictive. Having been to “Hell and back,” her passionate writing will inspire, motivate, educate and make you laugh. Sherry is ready to help you reach your full potential and Stop Living Comfortably Miserable.

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