The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: encouragement

  • A Pep Talk for the Micromanaged

    A Pep Talk for the Micromanaged

    You will make it through this.

  • Toxic Positivity

    “This dude is about 45 seconds away from forming a cult.”

  • The Ice Cream Paradox

    Coffee ice cream is my kryptonite.

  • A Generic Pep Talk

    Dang, but you’re good!

  • Much Better than a Cult

    Look for the good in the world. Accept nothing less.

  • Pep Talking

    A friend of mine was having a really bad day at work. She called me up to vent and to get a pep talk. “You got this,” I said. “Breathe,” I said. “You are one of the most capable and intelligent people I know, and you love your job. If anyone can fix this situation,…

  • You Are Already Enough

    Dear You, I suspect no one has ever told you this, so I figured I would. You are already enough. You were just who you were supposed to be on the day you were born. I don’t know why people find it so hard to give compliments or encouragement. I really don’t know why so…

  • Vicarious Thrills

    I love having friends that are much younger than I am because I get to watch them do amazing things and feel the subsequent joy from that without having to actually expend any energy myself. I can gaze on proudly as they start new businesses, fight for causes, create amazing works of art, raise incredible…

  • How This Blog Has Touched Me

    Today this blog made me cry. It wasn’t the first time. I’m sure it won’t be the last. So far it’s always been happy tears, thank goodness. (I’m waiting for the day that my writer’s block is so overwhelming that I shed tears of sheer frustration, but so far I’ve been lucky.) Still, I never…

  • Words of Encouragement and Emotional Support

    I was just talking to a friend of mine and she told me a story. When her husband was in hospice, his mother would talk to him on the phone but would never tell him she loved him. In fact, in the 60 years he had been on the planet, she had never told him.…