{"id":812,"date":"2016-01-29T06:50:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2016-01-29T09:50:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T14:50:42","slug":"week-72-back-to-basics-hey-how-ya-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"Week #72 – Back to Basics: “Hey, how ya’ doing?”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“How ya’ doing?” (photo credit: Grace Church)<\/p><\/div>\n

Week #72 – Back to Basics: “Hey, how ya’ doing?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back at Week #13<\/a>, I wrote about this phrase — written on a strip of paper on the “Words to Remember Me By…”\u00a0board at Rob’s services. \u00a0It’s a question we hear\u00a0in passing every single day (How are ya? \u00a0How ya’ doing?) — but how many people really intend to get an answer?<\/p>\n

As many of you remember, when Rob asked you this question\u00a0— he wanted to know the answer. \u00a0And he was prepared to take the time to get it. \u00a0He wasn’t afraid of an honest answer either. \u00a0In fact, he seemed to delight in it! \u00a0I’d venture a guess that much of the happyness in our individual relationships with him was built on this kind of ease and honesty. \u00a0It is one of the things I know many of us miss.<\/p>\n

SpreadHappyness was born with the mission to look at the little ways our beloved friend\/brother\/mate\/partner brought happiness to people’s lives — and challenge ourselves to carry this light forward to others each week. \u00a0This past month, we’ve\u00a0revisited some of the basics…and reflected on some of the little things that really meant the most:<\/p>\n

1. Smile<\/a>
\n2. Wave Big<\/a>
\n3.\u00a0Say Hello Like You Mean It<\/a>
\n4. “Hey, how ya’ doing?”<\/p>\n

January has been a busy month for everyone — back on schedule, back to work, back to school. \u00a0As we move forward into 2016, please remember (and I need to, also!) that happiness is not an accident. \u00a0It’s a choice. \u00a0We CAN create Happyness…one week, and one interaction, at a time!<\/p>\n

Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: How are YOU doing?<\/strong> \u00a0Pick someone (or maybe try everyone) and ask sincerely: “Hey, how ya’ doing?” \u00a0Be prepared to spend a little time listening to an honest answer…and be ready to offer words of encouragement whether it’s good news or bad news. \u00a0This includes being excited\/enthusiastic\/encouraging to someone who is starting something new — or being patient\/understanding\/steadfast toward someone who is struggling. \u00a0One great answer to either scenario is simply: “I believe in you!” (and mean it!)<\/p>\n

And so, let me ask you…How are you doing?<\/strong> \u00a0Is there anything I can do to help or encourage or celebrate with you? \u00a0Because…and this is true…I believe in you!<\/p>\n

Spread Happyness this week…and tell us how you are doing\u00a0in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/29\/16\u00a0by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church
\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week #72 – Back to Basics: “Hey, how ya’ doing?” Back at Week #13, I wrote about this phrase — written on a strip of paper on the “Words to Remember Me By…”\u00a0board at Rob’s services. \u00a0It’s a question we hear\u00a0in passing every single day (How are ya? \u00a0How ya’ doing?) — but how many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}