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Thank you for being our speaker on Administrative Professionals Day at Oklahoma State University. You are still being talked about on this campus. Your message, "Regenerating Spirit in the Workplace," has touched many lives and is spreading across this campus with enthusiasm! Your evaluations were the highest we have ever received in the 15 years I have been in training. YOU BROKE A RECORD!

Karen R. Tarrant, Director Management Services Division, Department of State Police State of Michigan

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Barbara's motto of ‘spreading contagious enthusiasm’ exemplifies her way of living and her impact on others. No one leaves Barbara's speaking engagements without having the spirits of caring and appreciation re-ignited in their hearts and souls. She then equips them with practical tips to create spirit in the workplace and releases them with renewed power to make a difference in their corner of the world.

Anita Schamber, Ed.D., Senior Associate, Leadership and Organizational Development Team, World Vision

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Idea of the Month from Barbara Glanz

Share your Blessings with Others

This idea is excerpted from CARE Packages for the Home--Dozens of Ways to Regenerate Spirit Where You Live, available here.

When you are feeling especially blessed, find ways to share those blessings with others.

THE IDEA IN ACTION:

A very dear person in my life told me about how she is sharing her blessings in the retirement home where she lives:

There are many people living here who have run out of funds, but they are kept here anyway. None of us knows which ones are in need. I had a "brainstorm," so I started a little surprise thing. I put a $20 bill in an envelope with a little card saying, "Surprise!" or "Merry Christmas" or "Just for Fun" or "From Santa Claus" with a little red heart sticker. These envelopes are put in different people's mailboxes with their names on them. You can't imagine the reactions! People make all sorts of remarks and some say they sure hope it continues and "thank you" if anyone knows who did it. Some put "thank you" notes on bulletin boards, but NO ONE KNOWS (except you now). It is so much fun. So far I've sent almost 50, and I intend to continue.

Several weeks later this dear giver sent me the following note which was printed in their little publication Jan/Feb. 1998:

WHODUNIT?

It's an ongoing mystery on campus. A series of $20 bills appear from time to time, in envelopes addressed for office mail to several different residents. "Just for fun" some anonymous notes have said. My "Merry Christmas" greenback came mid-December.

What fun some sharing, caring person is having! What fun we are having with our conjecture -- another resident? a board member? a friendly neighbor? a resident's thoughtful family? a research project? a service group? We wonder . . . .

Whoever you are, Mr. or Mrs. Whodunit, Thank You!

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We are all blessed in so many ways. Find special ways that you can share your blessings, wherever you may be.

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