Your Words, Gifted

The Collection

Four years ago we gathered up the values that had underpinned our coffee shop/deli to create the Encouragement Manifesto. We wondered if they might strike a chord with others so we invited some folk to write about the value that most resonated with them.

We have a lovely community of encouragers here on

Substack

so we wondered if now might be the right time to gather new words about the values.

The only way to find out was to ask:

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Every contribution will be published in its own right, a celebration of the writer and ‘The Gift of Words’.

This post - regularly updated - will be a gateway into the full collection.

Words - essays, poems or prose, fact or fiction - will be gathered under the value at the heart of them - the 10 values of The Encouragement Manifesto

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1. Stay Optimistic

1. Fall In Love With Your Life by

   Debs Stott

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2. Focus on Positives

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3. Be Kind

1. Kindness is a Superpower by

   Vanessa Simpson

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4. Celebrate Others

1. Because You Mean It by

   Eleanor Anstruther

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5. Create Community

1. A Community of Words by

   Evelyn Skye

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6. Be Consistent

1. One Equals One Thousand by

   Andrei Atanasov

2. Showing Up by

   Roberta

3. One Step at a Time by

   Andrea Norrington

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7. Value, Not Price

1. Valuing Words by

   Matthew Long

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8. Share Inspiration

1. Just Indigestion by

   Bri

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9. Be Generous

1. Start With Yourself by

   Monique Mulligan

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10. Be The Pebble in the Pond

1. What Does It Mean, Mr Fables? by

   Feasts and Fables

2. Dare to Share by

   <Mary L. Tabor>

3. When Less is So Much More by

   Sarah Salway

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We would love to share your words with our community.

Do get in touch with us at feastsandfables@gmail.com if you would like to contribute