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jerrychuculate@att.net — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:34:47 +0000

HAPPY EASTER to all enjoy family time, delicious cooking and lots of egg hunting. Let us with prayerful thoughts of worship proclaim, “HE HAS RISEN!” I AM that I AM shall be praised. Enjoy your day! Xoxo‘s

jerrychuculate@att.net — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 02:02:32 +0000

CRAZY Family Pic. What are you grateful for…

Our family is growing. Its those, “Little Steps” There are many who have gone before us who we miss. We give thanks for family. Today enjoy your family. Tomorrow enjoy your family. Enjoy your living…, xoxo’s

Merry Christmas!

jerrychuculate@att.net — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 06:34:10 +0000

Christmas is upon us. Merry Christmas! With all of the festive moments, parties, shopping and families coming together being grateful for our bounty of blessings in family relationships, our whys in living why we do what we do our family, faith, fitness and finances. Remembering to be givers, helpers, servants with worship to OUR GOD we give thanks. Merry Christmas! Seasons Greetings! Happy Holidays! We are crossing the finish line of 2018 into the best year yet 2019. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful Happy New Year! Together let us give thanks and remember the greatest love story of all…, “The Christmas Story”. Keep looking up with prayerful thoughts. I am glad for the intentional self awareness, the listening, learning and growth experience that our family together is living. We are grateful and together we are family strong. Merry Christmas to all! xoxo’s

Listening with Self Awareness

jerrychuculate@att.net — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:03:26 +0000

Listening with self awareness. Have you ever been asked the question are you listening. What do you hear. Can you repeat what you just heard. Listening is an important part of life. From when a baby begins its life form at conception through our entire adult living until we take our last breath. To listen or not to listen that is the question. A child starts with listening, growing lessons and experiencing life. A baby in the earliest of stages is listening. In the mommies tummy before becoming a new born and taking baby’s first breath, listening is alive and well. We might do better by living each day with this self awareness as adults by listening first. I am learning how to be a good listener. Are you listening. Enjoy your day…, Xoxo”s

Are you listening.

jerrychuculate@att.net — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 15:43:11 +0000

This has been an amazing remarkable week for “Our Nation” “The Bush Family” and the memorial services for Our Nations 41ST President George HW Bush. Together we have much to be grateful for worship and praise to our God and our Christian Faith. Are you listening. xoxo’s

5 Ways to Listen

jerrychuculate@att.net — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 08:21:46 +0000

LISTENING WITH EMPATHY. The fifth and final way to help develop ones listening is to LISTEN WITH EMPATHY. Empathy is showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another. One can only walk in ones shoes when your eyes, heart and ears are listening with the intent to comprehend. Have you every found yourself listening to give an answer, a solution or to simply reply. You may not agree completely. Your focus should not be on what you are going to say but to listen to the story. If you are listening than you will have some emotional feeling for the one who is talking and the conversation. Ask yourself right now how you would feel if this were happening to me. This is being thoughtful for family, friends and anyone else. Listening with Empathy is the thoughtful response to give back in any conversation we have. Xoxo’s

5 Ways To Listen

jerrychuculate@att.net — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:52:43 +0000

ASKING QUESTIONS. The fourth of five ways to help develop ones listening skills is ASKING QUESTIONS. It is normal during a conversation to ask a question have a comment or ask for clarification. Be sure you are still listening. This is about improving your listening skill level. If you are inclined during a conversation to ask a family member, partner, spouse, child, friend or a new acquaintance a question than be aware a pertinent question will add to the conversation and most will be appreciative. But do not be like a reporter with to many questions comments or taking over the conversation. You might have good intentions but what works better is the open-ended question, “tell me”, “what does your intuition say” or “when you look at this what are your thoughts”. This is taking interest in the conversation and who is talking. This is actually showing favor and respect. If you do not understand ask for clarification. Those involved will be the better for it because of the need for clarification specific examples will add to the conversation. But do not be a reporter with way to many questions and thoughts. Asking a question or two is good. Remember we are improving our listening skills. If we can master this skill of listening our conversations will reach a higher level of potential. Xoxo’s

5 Ways of Listen

jerrychuculate@att.net — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 17:40:59 +0000

DO NOT INTERRUPT. The third of five ways to help develop ones listening skills is DO NOT INTERRUPT. How many times have we been in a conversation listening and than we interrupt by completing someones thought. Having a good conversation means we do more listening and less talking. Listening means we are not interrupting. Interrupting someone can be offensive and rude especially if we are not letting our partner, spouse, child, friend or someone we meet for the first time express their emotional opinions and feeling. Realize we are allowing the other person to speak while we listen. The opportunity to express ones emtions and thoughts is their message. If we are tempted to help by interrupting pause, listen and DO NOT INTERRUPT. If we can master this skill of listening lives conversations will reach a higher level of potential. xoxo’s

5 Ways to Listen

jerrychuculate@att.net — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 23:57:36 +0000

“BEING ENGAGED”. The second of five ways to help develop our listening skills is to be aware of BEING ENGAGED. If we are listening than our focus will be on the other person, family member or how about our children. How many times as men and women are you asked by your partner or spouse are you listening. This has happen to me. Has this happened to you. If we are listening than our focus will be on the other person and family member. Being engaged and staying engaged. When you are involved in a conversation do you let technology be part of what you do while your listening. Maybe some of us need to turn off technology and focus more on the person and listen to the conversation that we are suppose to be having with someone we care about. Is technology a distraction during a conversation. What is your belief. The second way to listen is engagement. Hands on the technology or hands off is the question. Can a tech device be rude or is it the person. Give thought to having your hands free. Are you making others feel unimportant or important. At best be engaged when listening and having a conversation. I know if you are listening in the moment than you are not talking. So if any of us are on our tech device would you say the device is rudely interrupting while someone else is talking and having a conversation. There is room for thought when having a conversation. The thought encompasses your individual, age group, surrounding area and lifestyle. Together family strong can happen when we learn how important it is to be a good engaged listener. xoxo’s

Listening with your body language

jerrychuculate@att.net — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 04:02:12 +0000

We continue to look at the challenge of listening. This first blog on the five ways to become a better listener is and will be a challenge for not only me but for many of us. Let me know how you are doing with the challenge of eye contact, body language positioning, nervousness and occassionly giving a smile while you are having a conversation listening. Or are you finding that this is taking a lot more energy than what you thought. Together we can meet this challenge and more. xoxo’s