Day #7 Changed my profile

I am into this a week and am thinking how can I come up with 22 more things to give. It made me think about what I am getting out of this experience. Many of my gifts have been given without me seeing the joy of the recipient. They are dropped at doors, delivered by someone else, dropped in the mail. So in giving, I am not expecting anything in return yet I know that these friends and strangers will somehow pay it forward. When we receive nice notes, little gifts, we in turn are a little happier and probably a bit more patient with our kids, a tad more forgiving of bad drivers, a tinge more generous with our words and a lot kinder to those around us. So I am learning by being intentional with my giving, that I am making the world a better place. It is the little bit that I can contribute to the bigger picture. I am the stone that dropped in the water and left ripples of beauty. So what do I want to get out of this, I want to learn or maybe I mean trul believe that giving (even til it hurts the pocket book) is always good and I will be ok if I do so.

I am now beginning to think about what I will give that I don't think I can live without. This may take a little more effort.