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Well, I've been doing this for 2 weeks now. I haven't been perfect at it but yesterday I helped my sister move from a bad situation to a much better one and today I did some more moving. I also made breakfast for everyone this morning. I'm not a morning person! And then I was driving home this afternoon and thinking about how happy and energetic I was feeling. Feels great.

Tonight I took part in one of the most amazing things I've seen. A much loved and very popular member in my local community has been ill and in the hospital from complications of swine flu. This community is just so amazing. We had a benefit dinner to help the family. The place was pretty crowded and the time and effort I put into it for the small part I played, came back to me at least double. I met so many interesting people and I felt so much better to have something simple and concrete to… Continue

A neighbor's husband was hospitalized yesterday with complications of flu. Today I offered to spend time with the kids so she can take care of whatever needs to be done. I also spent some time helping one of my students get caught up. He was out of school for about a month with medical issues. I have to say it felt great. Now I'm sitting down to write a note to a student.

I stayed home sick today. I rolled out of bed at the exact right moment to sit down and see the last few seconds of the interview on the Today Show. I was so intrigued that I did a google search to find out more and here I am! There are some new and wonderful things going on in my life right now and I can't wait to figure out how I can pass that on. I never thought I could feel grateful for being sick. :)