I love getting replies from you guys. Here are some cool ones from the past couple weeks…
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In response to the GivingCard Stories email, Murph replied:
“To my sweet Joel💕… I can’t believe you posted that today… 💕That’s me…💕 Your favorite kindergarten teacher Murph… 💕Love you always and forever”
Whoa! Small world! Nice to put a face with the name, Murph! I love you too. 🙂
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This one’s from Beth, in response to The Marathon Runner…
“This actually makes me think of something from a Disney movie! In the newest one, Encanto, it’s not just that despite not having powers, Mirabel saves her family, it’s because she doesn’t. She’s proving that “Gift or no Gift, I am just as special as the rest of my family,” despite outside proof saying otherwise. And you know what? She succeeds!!”
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In response to Your Higher Value, Alex says…
“I asked and received a 10/hr raise! I also had to do a follow-up email because after it was ok-d it didn’t show up in my paycheck. The follow-up email was the hardest. Self worth is a muscle I must exercise regularly or it weakens… Yay! I have self worth today while also sincerely valuing others. That feels like a win-win.”
(For anyone out there feeling undervalued at work — use Alex as inspiration! She’s a rockstar.)
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In response to a pic I sent of Cooper recently, Blanca replied…
“Hi Cooper, I am Cooper. I too, make sure my mom never leaves my side.
Greetings from Chicago! ❄️🥶 Blanca & Cooper”
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A couple weeks ago, from Andrew…
“I wanted to thank you for the last few emails specifically the value of a water bottle and the marathon runner. I had to give two separate talks today to two completely different audiences and I incorporated them into my talks. I used the marathon runner example In a talk I gave to colleagues on pain and how wonderful the brain can be and override pain when you do something extraordinary. I used the value example when talking to a group of kids and inspiring them to seek value in their friends and not conforming to a trendy things that might not be in their moral values. If their value is degraded it might be time to seek new friends.”
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Happy Friday, y’all! Thank you for being a part of my life.
Cheers, Joel
(Ps. here is a video of Cooper playing the bongos, just for funsies)