Woody Wonders

I dare you I'm setting you a dare this week and on the surface it sounds really simple but apparently it's really not. Your dare, should you wish to accept it, is to say thank you to the next person who pays you a compliment.  Easy right? Well, I was actually quite saddened last Tuesday evening at my running club.  Throughout winter we have a club race every 3 weeks or so and there's 8 races in total so of course you will have good runs and not so good runs during that time.  I was amazed by the number of people last week who were so quick to dismiss a compliment from their fellow runners.  People were saying 'oh well done tonight' and 'you looked to be having a good run' and all I heard in return was 'no, I was rubbish tonight' or 'I wasn't as good as last time' etc etc. Now in my eyes that's bordering on damn well rude to the person who's paying you a compliment.  Think about for a second, they didn...

Show someone you care this week Week 3 of Appreciation August and this week's blog is all about how we can appreciate others around us.   At the end of a very challenging week, to add insult to injury, someone ran into my car yesterday so I have the joy of trying to get all that sorted out 😢.   But I have to say that throughout the course of the week, there's been a whole host of people who've 'had my back'.  My boss and colleagues have been amazing, they've made me laugh and helped me achieve deadlines, I've spent time with friends and family and shared fun stories, the lovely Mr Bob has been there for me every step of the way as always and the people I dealt with on the phone yesterday after my accident were doing their best to help. So, your homework for this coming week is to show someone how much you appreciate them and here's how you can do just that: Be direct and tell them!!   Say to the other person "I really enjoy spending ti...