Make a Difference Monday
I will be talking about my goals/resolutions/plans for 2010 in a post later this week…..I’m still wrapping my head around it all, and the truth is, I always plan for the ‘new stuff’ to take full effect on my birthday later this month. So, I have a little time. I figure my resolutions should coincide with my new year. Makes sense, right?
However, there is one thing I want to share with you now.
Make a Difference Monday.
You know I have a passion for ‘give good, get good‘ - meaning pay it forward, give a little, make a change, make a difference. I’m not talking about big donations or dedicating hours of volunteer time - though both are fantastic if you can swing it. I’m thinking about all the small ways you can make the world a better place - all the ways you can be the example of good for your kids.
If there is anything I am learning as a parent - especially as the small people continue to grow AND get smarter (who knew?) - it is that I have to do as I say. So, giving lip service to ‘being a good person’ doesn’t actually work as a guide for them, if I am not, in fact showing them how to do it.
I can always use a little inspiration, as I am sure you can - so will you join me? Will you try to do one thing each week - big, little, great, small…that puts a smile on someone else’s face? And then will you share it?
Tell us how your 4 year old tried to hold the door open for a new mom with a stroller, or how you paid for the car behind you in the Starbucks Drive thru. Share about your favorite charity - and link to them, so we can be inspired by a new cause. Tell someone else’s story - you witnessed children filing into a nursing home to sing for the residents, or saw a teenager stop what he was doing to help an elderly woman who had spilled her purse.
Do you know of a product we buy that may donate to a certain charity? Or a company that dedicates proceeds to a cause close to their heart? Share it.
Don’t you think….if we can share the good, it will spread? Well, that’s what I hope.
I’ll have a post and a McLinky set up every Monday - so you can link back to a post you have written - or you can put your thoughts in the comments.
This is the beauty of Make a Difference Monday.
Looking forward to sharing a little, ‘give good, get good’……
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I so strongly believe in the power of paying forward somehow, someway to make a difference in someone or many lives even if on the smallest scale. What a wonderful idea…I can’t wait to see who all joins in and to see the brighter shining light of our community. Awesome!
This is a FANTASTIC idea! I’m going to do my best to participate every week. Thanks for the inspiration, Danielle!
This is the best meme idea I have seen in a long time! Look forward to participating! When is your birthday? Mine is January 8th =)
This is why I like Fair Trade stuff so much. Its stuff that basically says that the person who made it/grew it was paid a fair wage for what they did, so that they can support their family. I volunteer at a place called 10,000 Villages, http://www.tenthousandvillages.com
Gorgeous stuff, jewelry, decorative items, garden stuff, some furniture…. and you aren’t taking advantage of someone else’s poverty. You can get Fair Trade coffee and tea in the grocery stores now, and this usually also supports small family farms and good growing practices….