Day 1464 - Day 003
Year 5 of 365: Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Last year I added a lifetime dream to commit one million acts of kindness to my fellow man or woman. Wow… that’s a lot. If I did one kind thing every day it would take me 2, 739 years to complete this dream. If I did 10 per day that’s still 273 years, and 100 per day would still take me just under 30 years. This is one of those dreams that I have- but I don’t really plan on completing it, just working towards it.
I think we’re put on this Earth to give something back to one another- friend, foe, stranger, or familiar. And I think that kindness is contagious. When someone is nice and does something for you- or even if you see someone doing something nice, it makes you want to do it in return and do it more. Once you get in the habit of doing it- you breed it. You crave it. You feel amazing.
I was not always so selfless, and have my moment of thinking about myself. But I have learned from my mistakes, and want to put a little light back into this world.
In the wake of the tragedy of what happened in Connecticut, I have committed to doing 26 acts of kindness every day this year. It’s a start, and maybe it will catch on to others. My heart breaks for those lost souls, and this will be my way of giving back, honoring their memory, and chasing this lifetime dream.
“Sometimes the point of a journey is the experience in travel; the point to achieving a goal is what you learn along the way more than the goal itself...”
~ Anonymous
Day 1464 - Day 003
Year 5 of 365: Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Last year I added a lifetime dream to commit one million acts of kindness to my fellow man or woman. Wow… that’s a lot. If I did one kind thing every day it would take me 2, 739 years to complete this dream. If I did 10 per day that’s still 273 years, and 100 per day would still take me just under 30 years. This is one of those dreams that I have- but I don’t really plan on completing it, just working towards it.
I think we’re put on this Earth to give something back to one another- friend, foe, stranger, or familiar. And I think that kindness is contagious. When someone is nice and does something for you- or even if you see someone doing something nice, it makes you want to do it in return and do it more. Once you get in the habit of doing it- you breed it. You crave it. You feel amazing.
I was not always so selfless, and have my moment of thinking about myself. But I have learned from my mistakes, and want to put a little light back into this world.
In the wake of the tragedy of what happened in Connecticut, I have committed to doing 26 acts of kindness every day this year. It’s a start, and maybe it will catch on to others. My heart breaks for those lost souls, and this will be my way of giving back, honoring their memory, and chasing this lifetime dream.
“Sometimes the point of a journey is the experience in travel; the point to achieving a goal is what you learn along the way more than the goal itself...”
~ Anonymous