Be A Backstop

Posted September 10, 2011 By Ande and has 3 comments.

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So someone you know is taking a “crazy risk.”  What should you do?

Joyful Springers are a backstop.  They know it’s not for them to judge whether someone is making a good choice, but instead it is for them to provide support and encouragement to people going after a dream.

Even if your instinct is to warn your loved ones of potential disaster when they put themselves out there in life or love, keep those warnings to yourself.  Instead, offer a little understanding and a lot of faith.  Sometimes the difference between a person’s success or failure is having someone believe in them.

[Steeler is back.  And he's with his momma, Debbie's, grandson, Rylan (5 1/2 months old in the photo).  Steeler obviously knows how to be a backstop.  icon smile Be A Backstop ]

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Bear Up

Posted August 29, 2010 By Ande and has 1 comment.

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It’s wonderful when we’re surrounded by a positive support system, when we have friends and family who believe in us and what we’re doing.  Sometimes, though, we don’t have that luxury.  Sometimes choose paths that no one understands, and when we do that, we don’t have others’ support.

What then?

Then we have to believe in ourselves.

Joyful Springers bear up.  They have the fortitude and faith they need to stay firmly on their path no matter what others think of their actions.

Even if no one understands your choices, even if everyone thinks you’re crazy and you feel totally alone, you have all the support you need to keep going.  The support is within you.  Have faith in your own power and possibility.  Have faith in you.

… another wise tidbit from a joyful English Springer Spaniel.

[Muggins was very patient with me when I posed her with a plush toy, and she never tried to rip them up either.]

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