Take time to celebrate your friend's achievements. Sometimes we get so busy with life, we don't take time to celebrate as we go along.
Recently, a friend finished a writing course she has been working on for two years. She called me up tonight and said, "I want to celebrate finishing this course. You've supported and encouraged me all along the way. My family and I and another friend are going to get together tonight and we'd love to have you come!"
I had a lot to do but decided to take time out to recognize this milestone with her. She ordered a variety of Thai food to take home and we had a mini buffet! We enjoyed the tasty food and toasted her achievement. So proud of her!
This is good! We need to take time to recognize, support and encourage each other's progress. Think about ways you can celebrate even little achievements as well as the bigger ones normally celebrated.
Take time to celebrate you own, your families' and friends accomplishments. This motivates us to grow the next level and be all that we can be!
"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another…" Hebrews 10:25 (NIV)
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I too, am finding that it's important to celebrate with your loved ones when they achieve their goals. It encourages them and also myself. Gives me a push to do that "something" that I've been putting off for "one day".
When we share in their accomplishments it tells them that we love them and are proud of their hard work. That we want them to succeed and keep going. Be all that God created them to be.
I know Jesus is proud of us when we move forward in the gifts He's placed within us and we have an opportunity to be Jesus with skin on to our loved ones in these times of celebration.
Posted by: Rebecca | June 26, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Ya know...I really needed this reminder. This is a good lesson on how to really be a friend.
Too often we focus and show up for the bad times and not enough for the good times, for the success.
Posted by: Sheila Atwood | June 29, 2010 at 07:56 PM