Pat Anderson Today

Do gifts motivate you? What about a friend, do friends motivate you? How are a friend and a gift like great motivators?

Think back to a time when you received a special gift. For women that may even have been an expensive bottle of perfume. How did that gift make you feel?

I read a proverb today that compares the happiness you feel when receiving a gift to the joy you receive from a friend:

“Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.”

Do you have a friend who inspires you to greatness? Everyone needs a friend who will motivate us, encourage us and give us the boost we need to persevere!

When I have spent some time talking with a friend with vision and who has given me good counsel I am motivated to do whatever it is I need to do. I am inspired and energized to press on. Her counsel to me is like receiving a gift - a sweet fragrance in my life.

As I read the above proverb I realized that the counsel of a friend is probably my greatest motivation!