Compliments | The Joyful Springer

Liven Up The Place

Posted January 25, 2012 By Ande and has 5 comments.

This time of year, the winter doldrums often are going around. You can find yourself surrounded by people who are deadened by negativity. How can you keep these folks from bringing you down?

Joyful Springers liven up the place. Instead of commiserating with others, they tell positive stories and throw around compliments until everyone around them is ankle deep in feel good thoughts.

Yes, energy flows between people, and it’s possible for people who have problems to bring you down. But it’s equally possible for you to keep your focus positive so you can lift them up.

[Rudie is back. This photo was taken last winter when he was just a couple months old. ]

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Categories: Feeling Good, Positive thinking, Springer Spaniel

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Lack Not A Tongue To Praise

Posted January 31, 2011 By Ande and has 2 comments.

William Shakespeare wrote, “For we which now behold these present days have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.”

Joyful Springers lack not a tongue to praise. They love to shower those around them with compliments because they’re always looking for the best in others and delight in finding it and pointing it out.

As you go through your day, make it your intention to find things to appreciate in those you encounter. Then hand out praise right and left, like you’re Santa and you have a bag full of compliments. Not only will people love it, you’ll feel great doing it.

… another wise tidbit from a joyful English Springer Spaniel.

[Millie's back. This happy three year old from London, England, nurtures foster pups and kittens and LOVES life! Thanks, Millie, for guest starring again on The Joyful Springer!]

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Categories: Appreciation, Connecting, Feeling Good, Friendship, Relationships, Springer Spaniel

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Welcome Praise

Posted August 28, 2010 By Ande and has 2 comments.

Are you a compliment deflector? So many of us are. Someone says, “That’s a lovely outfit,” and we say, “What, this old thing?” Someone says we’re brilliant, and we say, “Oh, it was nothing.”

Joyful Springers welcome praise. They bask in compliments and kudos and “atta boy”s because they know that both the giving and receiving of approval expands energy.

Would you refuse a lovingly wrapped package handed to you by a friend? Of course not. Praise is a gift. Accept it graciously, and use its energy to become a better person.

… another wise tidbit from a joyful English Springer Spaniel.

[Halo and Cody are back. Halo, Ducky's sister who is owned by Ducky's breeders, the Wattenbargers, and his neighbor buddy, Cocker spaniel Cody, are practicing agility in this photo and getting praise from the Wattenbargers' neighbor, Anna. Thanks, Halo and Cody, for guest starring again on The Joyful Springer.]