We all want to be helpful, but sometimes we have so much of our own stuff going on that we just don’t have the time. We are willing but unable. If we can help, great. We do. Some of us are gifted in that way. We all know that person who would help you move a couch up 4 flights of stairs just because you asked for help. We can’t all be that person, and even if we are, sometimes we just can’t help like we would want to. During those times there is still something we can do. We can be encouraging. When we see someone struggling with something, and we can’t help, we can still lift that person up. That little action is free, takes almost no time, and it makes a world of difference.
When I make my rounds during the day I ask two questions:
- How is it going?
- Do you need anything?
It is my way of saying, “How are you?” I genuinely want to know because I want everyone in our school to be happy and successful. If there is something I can do to ensure that, I do it. I help when I can, even when it isn’t “my job”. I move tables, mop floors, and pick up trash I see on the floor. If I can’t help I thank those that can, and I let them know I am thankful for them. Schools are better when this happens because we can’t do it all on our own.
If everyone helped when they could, and encouraged when they couldn’t what would your building look like?
I imagine it would be a happy place. What can you do to get your school to look like that all the time for everyone?
If you have a great idea to add please leave a comment. There are great ideas out there just waiting to be shared.
