{"id":1378,"date":"2024-03-29T14:12:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2024-03-29T14:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:20:52","slug":"make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1378","title":{"rendered":"Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Make-a-Difference--1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Make-a-Difference--1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Make-a-Difference--980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Make-a-Difference--480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5545974d9eb94a1366f71bce99aa61e0 wp-block-paragraph\">It is so easy to get caught up in our day-to-day happenings and forget to reach out to others with the words that we say.\u00a0 Yet kind words have the power to bring hope to another in ways that we might not even imagine. \u00a0Think about the last time someone said something truly encouraging to you.\u00a0 Do you remember how this made you feel?\u00a0 Did it alter the course of your day in a positive way?\u00a0 Words have immense power and it can be surprising how big a difference a kind or encouraging word can make.\u00a0 So reach out to those you encounter during your day and spread hope through the words that you say. For just as the seeds from a wildflower spread in the wind, so too can our words plant hope and joy that are passed on from one person to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c078eb4ebd374b2b64290ddaa1d8bc01\">\n\n<strong>Make a Difference<\/strong>\r\n\rBy Krista Longeway\n\nSprinkle words of encouragement throughout your day\r\nFor you can bless others with the words that you say\r\nJust as the robin\u2019s song calls out for all to hear\r\nNow cheerily greeting everyone who is near\r\n\r\nYour words of encouragement may plant the small seeds\r\nOf hope that someone near to you desperately needs\r\nAnd these seeds that you sow may one day grow to be\r\nA beautiful flower for all the world to see\r\n\r\nThese flowers of hope will in time create new seeds\r\nA small breath of wind is really all that they need\r\nTo travel to new places that are near and far\r\nGently spreading their beauty wherever they are\r\n\r\nSpeak words of encouragement wherever you can\r\nFor your kindness will spread out from where it began\r\nSo water the world with kindness like a spring rain\r\nThat makes the whole world blossom with hope once again\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is so easy to get caught up in our day-to-day happenings and forget to reach out to others with the words that we say.\u00a0 Yet kind words have the power to bring hope to another in ways that we might not even imagine. \u00a0Think about the last time someone said something truly encouraging to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friends-and-family","category-hope","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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