On Monday, I got an email from a team member referring back to a Tuesday Tidbit from mid-2011. He wanted to let me know that he had been thinking about it recently and the impact that it had on some work he was doing as an alumni counselor to his college fraternity.
I was astonished that he still had the email. I was touched to know that so many months after the posting, some thoughts that I shared were still having an impact on a reader.
On Tuesday, after sending out this week’s Tuesday Tidbit about purpose, I got an email from another member of my team in response. She wanted to let me know that at church Monday evening, the sermon topic was about living God’s purpose for your life. She found it so intriguing that she was getting two messages on the same topic just a few hours apart.
Today, I am thankful for the people who not only read what I write, but who ponder the words in their own heart and mind and find some personal application of the message.
I don’t fancy myself to be a “writer” by most definitions of the word. I do write, but that’s as far as I’ll go. There isn’t a huge following of this blog, but I enjoy the occasional comment from a reader or the regular “likes” from frequent visitors. I know there are blogs out there that get hundreds, perhaps thousands, of views per day; I’ll never reach their level of popularity. Yet, if one person is positively impacted…
As a reader and lover of the written word, I know that I find a lot of meaning and inspiration in the thoughts shared through the words of others. I’m thankful for the opportunity to have such an influence on even a small number of people.
And to you, reading this now, thank you!
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