A Warming Help

A warming help is attention and a kind word from someone in a difficult or uncertain moment.  It might even be from yourself to yourself.  It is the right amount of encouragement one needs to take that next step forward.


I really like this idea and have experienced many warming helps throughout my lifetime without really stopping to consider the impact they really made on my life.


Some include the words from the "Steam Engine that Could", that my daughter told me to remember to make it through my first marathon - "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can"  - and my first steps on the path of my Iyengar Yoga teacher training that without my husbands encouragement I would never have taken.


See if you can notice those warming helps when they arise in your life and how they impact you! 
Better yet, see if you can give a few to others so they can make their next step forward.


This idea of a warming help is from this months book of the month - the power of kindness, The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life,  by Piero Ferrucci.


Namaste.
Pamela Nelson
http://www.plnyoga.vpweb.com/