Hello friends,
Welcome to the month of February. It's all about love and companionship this month but it's also good for us to improve the nature of our relationships and value we add to one another. This edition of The Weekend Bite™ is called #Sharing.
Sharing here signifies disclosing and
revealing an experience, knowledge or information to others with the aim of giving or receiving help. Traditionally, sharing only occurred through one on one
conversations, telephone calls or letters. However, with the advancement of
technology, sharing has become much easier and faster through social media and
networking applications. These days, people share anything online and invite the public
into their private lives. However, the purpose may differ with each person. Some may share to
build up an image while others may share
pertinent knowledge related to a specific field, or things that can inspire others and be of help to them. Before you share, it is important
to consider why you share. Likewise, if you don't share through any medium, including face to face communication, it is also good to consider why you don't and the great power sharing has.
We have all gone through different challenges. We may be able to identify one inspiring word, song, article, book, message, poem or other
information that helped us get through such times. When we come out, we learn truths that help us at different stages of our lives. That new truth may not be for us alone. There may be people out there going through something similar with
no one that gets their peculiar experience. Sharing our message or truth can be the catalyst that
will inspire a positive change in them.
That's why it's important not to isolate yourself. On the one hand, you will be cutting yourself off from what can be shared
with you and on the other hand you will be depriving others from what you can share
with them. There is something in each of us, a unique experience or knowledge
that will be of immense benefit to someone else. Therefore,
develop relationships through which you can be positively influenced as you influence others; sharing knowledge, truths, experiences and secrets that can
bless, inspire, encourage and help others. It's the perfect symbiotic relationship!
When sharing a difficulty, one may be hesitant for fear of judgment, condemnation or misunderstanding by others. It is thus imperative to build a
good support network of those who you know will tell you the truth and and give you
help without judgment. Though humans may err sometimes, there is one who has
promised to never judge us or condemn us- God. He will listen and reassure us through His Word and Holy Spirit. We too becoming like Him, should
learn not to judge or condemn those who are brave enough to share with us. What
is paramount is helping them, irrespective of what they have done. Your
sharing may be the support they need to get back on track.
Therefore, as we work on our relationships this
month, let us also work on our sharing. Remember your tools of communication are vehicles through which you can do something positive and help
others. Choose to be positive, choose to help, and choose to share!
Cheers!
© LAW Afolabi, February 2017.
Excerpts From The Weekend Bite™ is available bi-weekly on Twitter via @lolawilliams02
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