You have to have courage to encourage. If not, you are just spouting words. Courage is another example of presence. It also can be imparted through action and silence. The word was always important to me for some reason. Even as a child. It ranked up there with terms like “liberty” and “freedom.” Uncool words that also seem to be slotted to a political ideology and rarely left to stand on their own.
Yes, long live the encouragers!