Free and Priceless
“Compliments are gifts from the heart. Give someone a gift today.” – Rodney Williams
So what exactly does the title Free and Priceless mean? Free and Priceless refers to the free gifts we can give and priceless is the value of those gifts. The top free and priceless gifts we all posses are our words, our smiles, and our hugs. Everyone on earth has these gifts but not everyone knows how to give and receive them.
Today’s quote came to me on Tuesday afternoon. I was able to pass a compliment between to strangers that had just met and was able to experience both sides. As I say all the time, our words have power. In the case of compliments, our words can completely change someone’s day. Think about the feelings you enjoyed and felt the last time you gave or received a compliment.
Smiles and hugs have the same effect. They brighten both yours and the receiver’s day. I was fortunate to hug four different people on Tuesday alone, plus experience many smiles and compliments. It’s all documented and scientifically proven that these three events release a flood of good chemicals in your head. Get addicted to the good stuff. Give out some Free and Priceless gifts today.
Action Item – You can change a life today with your words, smiles, and hugs. Give someone, that least expects it, a compliment. Watch how you just changed the world with your words.
POSITIVE NEWS
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We are at 103 now.
Dave G., Nora’s friend, is now part of the big happy family. Welcome.
Jo Ann M., a friend of Judi’s, also joins the group today. Welcome.
Interesting
I read an article yesterday on how to build intimacy in relationships. The article addressed the traditional differences in the definition of intimacy between a man and woman. Of some 4,800 people surveyed, 95% responded "talking heart-to-heart with your partner about your relationship" as something they'd do to be intimate. Here’s the kicker to the survey. It was an equal split between men and women. Maybe we are beginning to understand each other’s needs and desires a little better.
Giving Back
Pediatric Patient Finds Creative Way to Fund Melanoma Research
Sara Leahey, 16-year-old cancer survivor and melanoma patient at M. D. Anderson, wins the blue ribbon for creativity in raising more than $5,000 for melanoma research and education by selling her grand champion goat. Leahey, a member of Future Farmers of America, raised and sold her goat, named Blizzard, at auction in February 2009.
“It was a lot of responsibility to care for Blizzard, but it was amazing to see him sold,” says Leahey, a resident of League City. “I wanted to do my best to increase awareness of melanoma and provide funds to an institution that has been instrumental in my care.”
The teenager presented the check to her oncologist, Patrick Hwu, M.D., chair and professor of Melanoma Medical Oncology, during a follow-up appointment this summer.
Months before her diagnosis, Leahey felt a mole on her scalp that was sensitive to touch and hurt whenever anyone brushed her hair. In May 2005, a surgeon removed the mole and diagnosed Leahey with melanoma. Both she and her parents were stunned by the news because Leahey was just 12 years old and finishing sixth grade. Leahey was admitted to our Children’s Cancer Hospital for treatment of stage III melanoma in June 2005.
“Melanoma is a deadly disease usually diagnosed in adults,” Leahey says. “My parents and I had no idea why I got skin cancer at such a young age, but I’m lucky to be alive and grateful for Dr. Hwu and his team.”
Weeks later doctors found enlarged lymph nodes on the right side of Leahey’s neck. She underwent another procedure to remove those glands and others surrounding the first tumor. Clinicians in Melanoma Medical Oncology used a combination of vaccines, interferon alfa-2b and other chemotherapy drugs to combat Leahey’s cancer.
Since then, Leahey has overcome multiple recurrences and surgeries, and has completed standard and investigational therapies guided by a team of our pediatricians, surgeons and oncologists. She’s been cancer-free for six months.
“Compliments are gifts from the heart. Give someone a gift today.” – Rodney Williams
So what exactly does the title Free and Priceless mean? Free and Priceless refers to the free gifts we can give and priceless is the value of those gifts. The top free and priceless gifts we all posses are our words, our smiles, and our hugs. Everyone on earth has these gifts but not everyone knows how to give and receive them.
Today’s quote came to me on Tuesday afternoon. I was able to pass a compliment between to strangers that had just met and was able to experience both sides. As I say all the time, our words have power. In the case of compliments, our words can completely change someone’s day. Think about the feelings you enjoyed and felt the last time you gave or received a compliment.
Smiles and hugs have the same effect. They brighten both yours and the receiver’s day. I was fortunate to hug four different people on Tuesday alone, plus experience many smiles and compliments. It’s all documented and scientifically proven that these three events release a flood of good chemicals in your head. Get addicted to the good stuff. Give out some Free and Priceless gifts today.
Action Item – You can change a life today with your words, smiles, and hugs. Give someone, that least expects it, a compliment. Watch how you just changed the world with your words.
POSITIVE NEWS
More
We are at 103 now.
Dave G., Nora’s friend, is now part of the big happy family. Welcome.
Jo Ann M., a friend of Judi’s, also joins the group today. Welcome.
Interesting
I read an article yesterday on how to build intimacy in relationships. The article addressed the traditional differences in the definition of intimacy between a man and woman. Of some 4,800 people surveyed, 95% responded "talking heart-to-heart with your partner about your relationship" as something they'd do to be intimate. Here’s the kicker to the survey. It was an equal split between men and women. Maybe we are beginning to understand each other’s needs and desires a little better.
Giving Back
Pediatric Patient Finds Creative Way to Fund Melanoma Research
Sara Leahey, 16-year-old cancer survivor and melanoma patient at M. D. Anderson, wins the blue ribbon for creativity in raising more than $5,000 for melanoma research and education by selling her grand champion goat. Leahey, a member of Future Farmers of America, raised and sold her goat, named Blizzard, at auction in February 2009.
“It was a lot of responsibility to care for Blizzard, but it was amazing to see him sold,” says Leahey, a resident of League City. “I wanted to do my best to increase awareness of melanoma and provide funds to an institution that has been instrumental in my care.”
The teenager presented the check to her oncologist, Patrick Hwu, M.D., chair and professor of Melanoma Medical Oncology, during a follow-up appointment this summer.
Months before her diagnosis, Leahey felt a mole on her scalp that was sensitive to touch and hurt whenever anyone brushed her hair. In May 2005, a surgeon removed the mole and diagnosed Leahey with melanoma. Both she and her parents were stunned by the news because Leahey was just 12 years old and finishing sixth grade. Leahey was admitted to our Children’s Cancer Hospital for treatment of stage III melanoma in June 2005.
“Melanoma is a deadly disease usually diagnosed in adults,” Leahey says. “My parents and I had no idea why I got skin cancer at such a young age, but I’m lucky to be alive and grateful for Dr. Hwu and his team.”
Weeks later doctors found enlarged lymph nodes on the right side of Leahey’s neck. She underwent another procedure to remove those glands and others surrounding the first tumor. Clinicians in Melanoma Medical Oncology used a combination of vaccines, interferon alfa-2b and other chemotherapy drugs to combat Leahey’s cancer.
Since then, Leahey has overcome multiple recurrences and surgeries, and has completed standard and investigational therapies guided by a team of our pediatricians, surgeons and oncologists. She’s been cancer-free for six months.
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