Making a Difference Monday

Yes, it's Making a Difference Monday!! Every Monday my entry will be about acts of kindness. This brilliant idea came from Carrie over at Carrot Speak. The whole idea is "to try and change the world one kind deed at a time." I really love it because we all know that sometimes this world can be pretty cruel! It's far too much for any one person to tackle on their own but Making a Difference Monday is about recognizing the smaller acts of kindness that any one person can easily do. It's our hope that one act of kindness will inspire another and another and another and so on making the world a better place. If we each do a little no one has to do a lot! I hope you decide to participate! If you do simply:

1.) Make your own Making a Difference Monday post, explaining to your readers these rules, and sharing the story of some small act of kindness you've performed in the past week. It could be anything...holding a door, helping a little old lady cross the street, or even just stopping at a red light when there's no one around to know the difference.
2.) Enter a link to your post in the Mcklinky box over at Carrot Speak: Making a Difference Monday.
3.) Link back to Carrie's post in yours so that your readers can find the full list of participants.

And what good things have I done this past week?

• took some of my time off to counsel someone who needed someone to talk to
  
• at our neighborhood Halloween b-b-q I played with an adorable little toddler so that his grandpa could finish his dinner in peace
  
• the other day was a wee bit chilly in the house so I put our softest blanket in the dryer then wrapped it all around the children as they watched one of their shows (they just melted into it with little "oh that feels so good" sounds that just make you smile)
  

Ah it does feel pretty good remembering those!! So c'mon and join us and make sure you give yourself a big blankie-fresh-out-of-the-dryer hug for the good things you do everyday!

Making a Difference Monday?

As I was wandering through Blogs of Note for interesting reading I came across Carrie's blog,Carrot Speak, and one of her posts in particular caught my attention, Making a Difference Monday. In Carrie's own words:

I started Making a Difference Mondays as a way for me to use my once miniscule blogging voice to try and change the world one kind deed at a time. Each Monday, I'll post about something I've done to make someone's day a little bit better, and I invite you all to play along by doing the following:
1.) Make your own Making a Difference Monday post, explaining to your readers these rules, and sharing the story of some small act of kindness you've performed in the past week. It could be anything...holding a door, helping a little old lady cross the street, or even just stopping at a red light when there's no one around to know the difference.2.) Enter a link to your post in the Mcklinky box below.3.) Link back to my post in yours so that your readers can find the full list of participants.
It is with one person and one action at a time that we change to world. Why not try to change it for the better?

It touched me in many ways. This sounded just like the sort of thing I used to believe. I wanted to help the world be a better place in any small way because I had been in it. I bravely threw all my young, fragile hopes and dreams out there hoping to find others that resonnated with the same sentiments so we could become stronger together. I imagined we'd find still others out there along the way who hoped to make the world better, that with each good, kind soul we gathered in we'd become a stronger and stronger presence of goodness until we became a true unstoppable force spreading nothing but love to everyone we touched!

Now I compare that brave little soul to what I've become and it brings tears to my eyes. What a naieve pipe dream! The voices of fear and doubt creep into my ears saying it's better to not get involved, putting your heart out there like that only leads to disappointment and pain. But another voice that they can't quite drown out completely yet whispers that maybe when I first reached out if I'd found even one other brave little pioneer that would stand with me, maybe we could've made it come true. Besides, what do I really have left to lose?

So yes, tattered and torn as it is I've decided to throw my heart out there with hers, to try once again! Starting this next Monday I'll share those things with you. I hope you enjoy the journey and that something here may touch something within you too.

For more information please visit:Making a Difference Monday #10 at Carrot Speak