Recognition Wall

TAKE THE CHALLENGE:  POST THE FIRST NAME OF THAT SPECIAL PERSON IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU CAN TURN TO TO TALK ABOUT THE ROUGH STUFF…

If you’ve read much of our blog at all, it’s no secret that we are big fans of talking to someone about the problems that bother you and letting out the secrets that weigh heavy inside. Easily said. Actually opening up and spilling the hard stuff to a real person can be a bit daunting. But, as we personally know, the benefits of going through that fear can be awesome.

Often the best person to open up the hard stuff with is someone who isn’t part of your inner circle of friends…someone who is a bit separated in some way from your day to day life. Your best friend or your close friends might be too close to the situation. The situation might even be about them. Think more of someone with possibly a little broader perspective and that doesn’t necessarily have influence in your own particular crowd. For example it could be a relative, an older friend, a teacher, a pastor, a counselor, or maybe your buddy’ older brother.

And talking to a REAL person is the most powerful of all. It’s easy to talk to an Internet friend or text someone you don’t really know. And your dog doesn’t count. Talking person to person with someone in the flesh makes everything real.

So here’s a little challenge for you. If you have some guy like that in your life that you COULD go to if you had a heavy burden, a weighty secret, a troubling issue, or a concern about something you can’t quite figure out, here’s a chance to recognize. Just put down the FIRST NAME ONLY of the person you’re thinking about.

What’s the point? Well, maybe by taking that first little baby step of listing a person’s name it can work as a first, safe little baby step towards the resolution of your issue. Maybe putting their name out there in a public forum can help also to put them in your mind should you need them at some point. And maybe just posting their name is a quiet way of just saying thank you for being there.

And not to worry. This blog is anonymous. If you put down someone’s first name, no one is really going to know who they actually are or that you personally put their name out there. There’s tons of people with the same names anyway, so who can tell?

So you feeling up to the challenge? Want to dare it? Go for it. Put a person’s name down that you can go to if you need to talk. You might just be glad you did.

THE RECOGNITION WALL

OWEN

DUSTIN

MATT

ERIC

GENTRY

CAMILO

KEN

MATTHEW

TRAVIS

AARON

JOHN

CHRIS

JOHN (5)

BEN (3)

DUSTIN

JON

JOE

ANDREW (2)

BRICE

STEPHEN

JASON (2)

ZACH (3)

AUSTIN

JEREMY

SEAN

RYAN (2)

GABE

MATT

DEVON

JACK

JAKE

JAZZ

BRIAN

RICHARD

AUSTIN

STACEY

QUINTON