This post originally posted Mar 24, 2014

To this day…I remember this very phone call as well as all of my phone calls to Mike! I almost want to call him again today just get pumped and excited about life in general.

I was on the phone the other day with a Vocational Rehab specialist. I've talked with him several times in the past year. I noticed whenever I talked with him, I always felt happy. I got a sense that my request for this benefit was just about to be approved. This has not been the case, but this guy just always gave me that warm-fuzzy that it was 'just' about to happen. This is a stark comparison to the other phone conversations I have had over the past year with the VA and DFAS.  

I often wonder if and when they review my recorded conversations...exactly what happens?

Back to Mr. Voc-Rehab. I gave him a compliment on how he always made me feel positive.  His response?

"Its just as easy to treat someone kindly as it is to treat them poorly!"

YEP! It is just that easy! So as you go about your day today...you have a choice. Be compassionate and kind...or mean and ill-willed. Both will have a lasting effect.