Saturday, May 18, 2013

Letter to Inspire

We often receive thank you letters from the people we speak with and work with. When we get these letters they inspire us to continue doing what we do. We know our words are helping people build and develop. We know our words and actions are providing people with BELIEF, ACTION and DETERMINATION.

(Name has been changed for privacy reasons)

Hey Frank and Rodger,

I wanted to say thank you for the leadership retreat today. I know it was supposed to remind us of why we are leaders and how we influence others, but it reminded me of so much more.
I am senior and my best friend graduated last semester. It has honestly been pretty miserable here for the past month. Your leadership retreat made me realize, it's miserable because of me.
I forgot how easy it is to smile and to laugh and to be silly. You guys really have a way with words. Your lessons were felt today. They gave me back the little bit of spunk I was missing for awhile there.
I honestly thought going into it, oh boy, another person preaching.
However, you didn't preach. You taught. You reminded. You impacted. You gave me back my value.
So as I sat here and wrote down a grocery list, I remembered the littlest things and the major things, and I just wanted to make sure that a thank you to the both of you was included.

Thank you for helping me find the BAD in me again,

Susan