{"id":829,"date":"2016-02-12T06:50:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T11:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2016-02-12T02:49:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T07:49:42","slug":"week-74-i-believe-in-you-encourage-someone-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=829","title":{"rendered":"Week #74 – “I believe in you!” (Encourage someone today!)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Week #74 – “I believe in you!” (Encourage someone today!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings Tribe — and Happy Friday!<\/p>\n

I hope you all enjoyed a “Rob Church Kinda Day<\/a>”\u00a0yesterday!<\/p>\n

As some of you know, Spread Happyness was featured in a coloring book recently! \u00a0I interviewed Scott Cuzzo of SpryMind<\/a> back in November<\/a> as part of my \u201cHappyness in Action\u201d series. \u00a0Scott spreads happiness by creating coloring books that are good for adults of all ages and genders. \u00a0His most recent release, \u201cBelieve!\u201d, features over two-dozen positive quotes and thoughts on the word \u201cBelieve\u201d — including one from yours truly!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been traveling this month — and away from home and work routines. \u00a0Stripped of the things that keep me focused, busy, on purpose, and pleasantly distracted — I\u2019m left with an abundance of time to be out in the world, and honestly, it just makes me miss Rob more!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s enough to make me want to get back on a plane and head home — sometimes!<\/p>\n

But I make myself stay\u2026reminded as I was in October<\/a> that if I can sit with it long enough, there is presence in the absence. \u00a0That in every new experience, every painful reminder that he is gone for good, when I cannot text him or call, cannot share the latest laugh or ridiculousness or Super Bowl\u00a0commentary — that my relationship with him somehow continues to grow.<\/p>\n

It is a rock and a hard place. \u00a0Which reminds me of the coloring page that Scott drew for my quote, and my own interpretation of his drawing. \u00a0To me it\u2019s a rock — buried in a pile of other rocks — perhaps looking for a way out, or a way to the top, or encouraging another rock to do what seems impossible: BELIEVE!<\/p>\n

Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead:<\/strong> BELIEVE IN SOMEONE!!!<\/strong> \u00a0Rob loved to encourage people. \u00a0Even if he didn\u2019t always believe in himself — he always took time to believe in others! \u00a0If you know someone who\u2019s between a rock and a hard place — take time to say \u201cI believe in you!” \u00a0Send them a note, share this page, or sit down and color with them while they sort it all out!<\/p>\n

And if it\u2019s you that\u2019s feeling discouraged this week\u2026then this post is for you! \u00a0\u201cI believe in you!”<\/p>\n

Spread Happyness…Encourage someone today! \u00a0And share your stories in the\u00a0comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/12\/16 by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church
\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(To learn more about Scott Cuzzo: visit him\u00a0on Facebook (facebook.com\/sprymind<\/a>), browse his coloring books on Amazon<\/a>, or contact him directly at scott@sprymind.com.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week #74 – “I believe in you!” (Encourage someone today!) Greetings Tribe — and Happy Friday! I hope you all enjoyed a “Rob Church Kinda Day”\u00a0yesterday! As some of you know, Spread Happyness was featured in a coloring book recently! \u00a0I interviewed Scott Cuzzo of SpryMind back in November as part of my \u201cHappyness in […]<\/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-829","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\/829","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=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}