TBCS - Building Relationships that Transform - Judy-Anne

Building Relationships that Transform

The 7 A's
Affirmation
Acceptance
Appreciation
Availability
Affection
Approach
Accountability

A day or two later something came up in my feed that corresponded beautifully to the concept of Affirmation.

It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.

"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.

"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.

"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."

Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."

Pooh looked and Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.

Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."

"Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.

Because Pooh and Piglet were There. No more; no less.

Romans 12:15 - "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."

Reflections:
It's amazing how some messages keep getting repeated. In this case it was affirmation, I have often had 'rest' and lately it has also been 'take it slower' and 'relationship.'

Next steps:

Slow down and remember these things!
Important for family and friends and not just work mates too.

Links to Teacher Standards:

• Making time to have professional discussions with colleagues.
• Attending and contributing to PLD opportunities within and beyond my school
• Undertaking PLD and further professional reading.