A therapist can: Be an understanding and supportive listener. Help you develop your ability to cope with life's difficulties. Help you develop some of your life-skills: more effective communication, better problem-solving, better impulse-control, etc. Help you look at your problems in different ways and with a different perspective. Help you gain more insight into your behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. Work with you to help you make changes in how you function and feel. Offer advice on how to find services which they aren't able to provide. A therapist cannot: Undo hurt feelings and painful events. Change other people in your life, and cannot tell you how to change them, either. Create instantaneous change in you. Personal change requires hard and dedicated work. Write a brief (two or three sentences) summary of this using the above steps on what a therapist can and cannot do. Spend some time thinking about what exactly you want help with and what you envision the end result to be.

Summary: Know what a therapist can do. Know what a therapist cannot do. Determine what part of your problem can be helped by a therapist.

Once all of the guests are finished eating, gather up the dirty dishes, leaving the charger and any unused silverware. Serve the next course immediately by placing the prepared dish directly onto the charger. Plan for a little bit of prep time in the kitchen between courses to arrange the food on the plates. The charger stays on the table until dessert is served. When serving a full course meal, most hosts or hostesses provide goblets of water and a glass of wine. If you have room, consider serving drinks family-style by placing pitchers of water and bottles of wine on the table, allowing the guests to serve themselves. This will save you time and let you relax during each course. If you don't want pitchers or wine bottles on the table, you will need to refill guests' glasses yourself. If you have hired wait staff, they will refill the guests' drinks for you. Once the dessert course is ready, clear away any bread plates, main course plates, silverware, and the charger. Leave the dessert silverware at the top of the placemat on the table. This will give your guests room to stretch out while they enjoy dessert and digest their meal. Some people also like to offer dessert wine, port, brandy, or scotch during this course.

Summary: Clear each plate away before serving another. Consider how drinks will be served. Clear all of the dishes before dessert.

A good way to reach a potential convert is to present Bible passages that they can read and work through. The participants should learn which Bible passages are good for evangelizing and how they can show others the value of the Bible through the passages. Bring in a few example passages that you feel are useful for reference when evangelizing. For example, you may use passages from the Gospel that invite the reader to seek salvation in Jesus Christ, such as Luke 10:25-28, Matthew 4:17, or Matthew 11:28-30. You can also use passages from the Letters from Paul that focus on invitations to faith, such as Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:13, and Acts 16:30- 31. Have participants do a deep dive into the Bible to identify passages that they feel would be inviting to potential converts. Ask them to look at passages that explain the meaning of faith in a powerful way. Have participants discuss why they were drawn to a particular passage with the rest of the group so everyone can learn together. You may assign this as homework for participants so they can spend some time reading and choosing passages. Encourage participants to find deeper meaning by asking them to express what the passage means to them. Have them explain the passage using their own language and understanding. This can help them better explain the passage to potential converts when they evangelize. For example, you may ask participants, "What does the passage mean to you as a person of faith?" and "How would you explain the meaning of this passage to someone outside the faith?" Understanding the teachings of the Bible is crucial to learning how to evangelize effective. You may ask participants to take time in the session to pray on specific passages in the Bible so they can connect in a more meaningful way. This may be a good way to wrap up a training session or open a training session to get participants focused on Biblical study.

Summary: Discuss passages that address evangelism. Encourage participants to find passages that discuss evangelism. Have participants explain a passage in their own words. Ask participants to pray on specific passages to find deeper meaning.

If you and your sister or sisters don't live in the same city, National Sister's Day is even more important! Talk to your sister before the holiday to make sure she knows that it's coming, Try to set up a call or a video chat for the day. Wish your sister Happy National Sister's Day after you say hello. This will show your sister that it's not just a regular phone call: you're calling so that you both can celebrate your relationship together. Tell your sister that you love her and miss her. Try to keep the conversation positive and happy, but also honest. You do want to tell your sister what has been going on in your life, but don't talk about sad subjects if they aren't necessary. If you have more than one sister, figure out how to arrange a conference call or a group video chat. Since you and your sister can't share the day together, buying or making a gift is a great way to bridge the gap between the two of you. Try to think of something that your sister would like to receive. Keep in mind that a smaller gift is easier to send through the mail. Make sure to send your gift so it will arrive on or before the holiday. If you are worried that your sister will open the gift before the holiday, write a note on the front of the package that reminds her not to open it until National Sister's Day. If you don't want to send a gift through mail, you can also try to send something to your sister through the Internet. You can send your sister a gift certificate, share music tracks with her that she would like, or even write her a thoughtful email to send the day of. If you and your sister are both active on social media, make a post to celebrate National Sister's Day. Your post could include a picture of the two of you and a few sentences about your special relationship. For instance, under your picture you could write something like, "Sophia, I'm so glad to have you in my life. Hope you're having a great time in New York and Happy National Sister's Day!" Enlist your sister's friends to help you make the holiday extra special for her. You can ask her friends to decorate her room with National Sister's Day decorations, or even plan something more creative like a scavenger hunt that leads to your present! Don't wait until the last minute to ask her friends for help, and make sure that they'll keep your plan a secret!
Summary: Plan a call on National Sister's Day. Give your sister a gift. Make a post on social media. Plan a surprise with your sister's friends.