{"id":1565,"date":"2017-09-17T18:17:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T22:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2017-09-17T18:17:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T22:17:32","slug":"open-up-and-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=1565","title":{"rendered":"open up and say …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many times, I have said or sent this statement to someone I know.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you may know, I am a strong believer that if you are thinking something lovely, about someone – you should indeed say it, out loud. \u00a0So today, I wanted to say this to you -\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This is something I practice regularly on my husband, which appears in just how many times a day I tell him that I love him.\u00a0 As it comes unexpected, he usually laughs, but I always say to him, \u201c I was just thinking it \u2013 so I said it out loud!\u201d\u00a0 I have seen statements to the effect that \u2018it\u2019s not what you say, but how you act\u2019 that matters most. \u00a0\u00a0But I believe it\u2019s both, and it is equally important to say things you feel –\u00a0 especially when they are wonderful!<\/p>\n

Now it isn\u2019t always possible for me to tell you directly just how wonderful I think you are, or just how much I admire you and in what way.\u00a0 Certainly there are times when I fear someone will think me quite odd.\u00a0 (usually I do it anyway!)<\/p>\n

Here then is something I have begun:
\nIn my daily walk of gratitude,\u00a0 as I am smiling up at the sun,\u00a0 I say your name.\u00a0\u00a0 I include you in my gratitude,\u00a0 I thank you, I give thanks for you,\u00a0 I send you Love just where and when you might need it.
\nI send all good wishes out to you, in hopes that you,
\nare open
\nto
\nreceive.<\/p>\n

So there it is, my (not so little) secret –\u00a0 if today you have felt the glorious touch of the sun\u2019s rays on your skin.\u00a0 If for seemingly no reason at all, \u00a0you have received a smile or a kindness, \u00a0possibly today I said your name,
\nout loud.
\nAnd it is my hope that you have paused in your day to feel this.
\nas this is my gratitude,
\nthis
\nI am sending
\nto
\nyou<\/p>\n

I am wishing you well.<\/p>\n

And it strikes me as I am thinking such things, \u00a0why wouldn’t you take the opportunity to tell someone?
\nWhy would you ever, let a moment such as this
\npass?<\/p>\n

Sometimes I do this quite quietly, \u00a0other times I am inclined to shout it out. \u00a0Either way these become some of the nicest words, one can say.<\/p>\n

And so,
\nwhat have you got to say…<\/p>\n

When you are open to giving
\nyou are also
\nopen
\nto
\nreceiving<\/p>\n

And that, I believe
\nis a very nice thought \u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n

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Many times, I have said or sent this statement to someone I know. \u201cAs you may know, I am a strong believer that if you are thinking something lovely, about someone – you should indeed say it, out loud. \u00a0So…
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