One Week Later...

So I have successfully completed 7 days of my detox so far. Treated myself to a veggie burger patty with sauteed veggies. In addition to all of the herbs I’ve been taking, I make sure to consume enough veggie and fruit smoothies jam packed with seeds to get me through the days, along with cucumber detox water.

One emotion I’ve been feeling a lot of is gratitude. I’m super grateful for life, love, family, health, wisdom and provision. Last week, I felt compelled to reach out and show my gratitude for a colleague. He works on our IT team and I reached out to him for assistance with an issue I was having. He got back to me right away, set up a Zoom session and handled my issue with grace, patience and speed. I was stressing out a bit at first but he put me at ease. I expressed gratitude for his assistance and felt I needed to take it a step further.

The next day, I sent his boss an email letting her know how grateful I was and wanted her to know how much he’s helped me with our transition to working from home. Often times, we only tend to give negative feedback instead of compliments, particularly in the workplace. I vowed from that point on to reach out and give a kind word to the people I come across, mainly because we don’t know what battles people are fighting and sometimes all it takes is a kind loving word and gesture from someone to make you feel appreciated, loved, worthy and seen.

I think back to when I was growing up, those people who were integral in my life who provided mentor-ship, constructive feedback and just words of encouragement. I remember how their words made me feel even though they were so few and far between. I think in general we live in a very negative society. One that is full of broken folks who set out to either wreak havoc on others because they themselves are dealing with pain or find it difficult to say a kind thing to anyone for fear they may look weak.

There are days where I wish I had a kind word to get me through, especially during these times where a lot of us are alone and far away from loved ones. A lot of times, not having much contact, not so much as a hug to get them through the day. I am a true believer that you can speak both life and death into a person and I never want to be someone who says something to someone that pushes them over the edge.