Thinking about the things that have been the most encouraging and uplifting as I travel down this crazy writer's life with it's rejection and writing blockages and the times the words just flow like honey on a warm day, I've come to a few conclusions.
One major one is the power of the chance phrases that fall from the lips of those walking the journey the closest to me. Though I've told them, I doubt they know just how much some of their really random words of encouragement have meant. Or how often those same words replay in my mind when I need them the most. There isn't a way to say thank you enough for those who I carry in my heart along the way. It's usually a really casual statement that is something they assumed I knew just because it was about me.
My urging is to let these random words of praise that are so obvious to you fall into the ears of the person they are about because, from my personal experience, they will fill up an energy sword that lances through the dark shadowy lies of inadequacy that plague pretty much every writer I've ever talked to. Really, pretty much every human I've ever talked to if they were being honest. You and your words have the power to slay the hurt and pain in someone else's life with a simple line of casual praise.