Hello Everyone, welcome back to Ruck Up Buttercup, we are so glad to have so many awesome listeners and we hope if you are going through a deployment that you are hanging out with us on Facebook in our group Deployed Love Hearts Connected. This month we are bringing you some really great resources to help you on your journey through military life. Today Ashley and I have a guest you may know from a recent webinar on Deployed Love’s Facebook.
We are excited to have Scarlett back here with us again today and to dig in a little more on how the Choose Love movement can be used in our military family homes! A little back story on Scarlett Lewis, if you haven’t heard of her she is an amazing woman, and one of the parents of the Sandy Hook shooting. She went through an unbelievable tragedy that we can’t even imagine having to endure, but chose to take her grief and bring something to schools, communities and families across the nation to help them also come out of difficult times they may endure.
Scarlett started what is called the Jessi Lewis Choose Love Movement and has been working since to make sure that her awesome equation she created helps others. Welcome Scarlett!! So for today we have decided to break down that equation with your help and help our military community see just how significant this could be for us to understand and use in your lives.
So the first thing is Courage. So we ask of you, how do we choose courage when we are facing all the many fears that the military life brings from frequent moves to the very real possibility of death during deployments?
Courage( Less anxiety, stress, fear, enhanced self esteem, improved ability to express ones feelings, self-awareness, willingness to take on difficult things)
So the next part of the equation is Gratitude. When we think of gratitude we think this applies so much to the military life and the murphy’s law we all tend to endure during deployments. How can we use gratitude to help us look at the positive side of the military life?
Gratitude (Positive attitude towards self and others, improved attitude towards learning, appreciation and kindness, mindfulness, see others perspectives and show empathy)
So the 3rd step to the method is Forgiveness. In the military life this step really hits when we are talking about the resentment we all too often hear spouses talk about during times of separation, how do you choose forgiveness in those times in order to have a stronger and healthier relationship?
Forgiveness (Healthier relationships, emotional regulation, less anger, better able to handle issues, resilience, decision making skills, self management.)
The last part of the Choose Love Movement equation is Compassion in Action. How can we be compassionate with our community as we all go through difficult times?
Compassion in Action (Enhanced connections, respond in a loving manner, more caring and concern shown to others, improved social skills, social and moral awareness)
Find the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation at: www.chooselovemovement.org
Join Deployed Love at www.deployedlove.org
