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Adventures in Living a Healthy, Juicy Life

by Cheryl Ragsdale

 

Just found this most excellent video this morning called “Thank Your Military” sent over by a facebook friend.  ThankYourMilitary  is a movement designed to ask people to say “thank you” to the men and women willing to make sacrifices to protect us and to keep us free. Her message applies to soldiers worldwide.   

 

A reporter asked several people the question, “What do you think you owe your country?”

Most people said, “Nothing. My country owes me.”

Funny what “rights” we take for granted, isn’t it?  Whether you believe in having armed militias or not, having one allows us freedom and safety that doesn’t exist everywhere in the world. 

Thank Your Military video

 www.thankyourmilitary.org

 
How Do We Honor Each Other?

Honor meaning having great respect and admiration for:

• To elevate someone’s status by giving them a title or award (or a special nickname)
• To praise publicly a s a source of pride
• Treating something as a special, cherished privilege
• To give prestige to somebody or something such as an occasion by choosing to appear, accompany, or take part
• To keep a promise, or fulfill the terms of an agreement or contract
• To make someone feel proud and pleased by agreeing to do something for that person
• To offer recognition of someone or something
• Being trusted to act in a certain way
• Staking your reputation on something

 

I feel honored whenever a warm-hearted person recognizes the sacrifices I’ve made to achieve a certain result. It’s even better when they notice and say something out loud about it. Honor goes off the charts if other people are around to hear it too.  I beam and radiate happiness when that happens. I feel appreciated, loved, connected and respected. What a precious gift!

 

Consider the opposite. We’ve all experienced the Cold Fish approach from someone – um, hate to admit it, but we’ve probably acted that way ourselves at times. Recognize any of these behaviors?

I feel dishonored whenever someone ridicules or belittles or expresses contempt for something I’m doing or a decision I’ve made. No love! I feel isolated, separated and kept at arm’s-length. Praise and affection are withheld. Privileges are taken for granted.

In the past, I’ve gone to a great deal of effort to attempt to change the mind of someone treating me this way. What don’t they understand? How can I get them to see my point of view? I’ve since learned that – in most cases – I’m wasting my time. We don’t agree. I’m NOT enjoying myself. So, why am I hanging around with you?

 

If being honored is important to you, know when it’s time to move on and find some new people to play with.  If moving on is difficult or impossible: 

• make sure to include people in your life who honor you
• find ways to honor yourself – find something to appreciate about yourself
• make it a daily practice to honor someone or something you’ve been taking for granted
• when someone pays you a compliment beam a radiant smile and say thank you! They’ll want to do it again and again because other people’s happiness makes us feel good too.

Everyone knows someone who served in the Armed Forces. Make an effort to say thank you. Think of something else to say if you feel weird saying “Thank you for fighting.”

If you don’t want to thank a soldier, find someone else to thank.  If you don’t want to say thank you out loud, give someone a hug. Hugs work great. Try it! It might even help with your swagga…most of us love being hugged.  That’s living life juicy!

 

I love hugs and comments too!  Please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Photo Credits  google images and jupiterimages

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