{"id":44297,"date":"2020-01-31T11:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/?p=44297"},"modified":"2020-01-31T11:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:40:25","slug":"love-and-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/2020\/01\/31\/love-and-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Love and Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p><em>by Lynne Richardson, Dean, UMW College of Business<\/em><\/p><p>It&rsquo;s February and our minds turn to thoughts of love.&nbsp; I&rsquo;d ask that you extend your thoughts to appreciation too.&nbsp; In a month where we tell our loved ones how we feel about them, what about doing this in the workplace too?&nbsp; Maybe we don&rsquo;t tell people we love them, but we can certainly tell them how much we value them.<!--more--><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-44298\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-44298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/thank-you-feb-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"a note card that reads 'thank you'\" width=\"170\" height=\"155\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw?longdesc=44298&amp;referrer=44297\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/thank-you-feb-300x274.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/thank-you-feb-1024x936.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/thank-you-feb.jpg 640w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/thank-you-feb-1536x1404.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/thank-you-feb-2048x1872.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/thank-you-feb-1140x1042.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\">About 12 years ago as my Lenten discipline I chose to write handwritten notes to 40 people who had positively impacted my life.&nbsp; These folks ranged from my Girl Scout leader from 2<sup>nd<\/sup> to 12<sup>th<\/sup> grade to mentors at different stages of my life to family members.&nbsp; It was a motley crew!&nbsp; While many of them responded either by writing back, emailing or calling me to share how they loved receiving the letter, the joy I found in actually penning for them their worth to my life was incalculable.<\/p><p>So I challenge you this month to think about people who have had amazing impacts on your life, whether in small or large ways.&nbsp; Get some notecards and spend a few minutes a day telling your family, friends AND coworkers how much they mean to you.&nbsp; Be specific.&nbsp; Tell them exactly why you value having them in your life.&nbsp; While they will love knowing your sentiments, doing this will make you happy.&nbsp; You may enjoy this so much that you make this a regular activity.&nbsp; Being appreciative of others is worthy goal!&nbsp; And if you choose to take this challenge, let me know how it made both you AND those to whom you wrote feel.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lynne Richardson, Dean, UMW College of BusinessIt&rsquo;s February and our minds turn to thoughts of love.&nbsp; I&rsquo;d ask that you extend your thoughts to appreciation too.&nbsp; In a month where we tell our loved ones how we feel about them, what about doing this in the workplace too?&nbsp; Maybe we don&rsquo;t tell people we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":44298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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