On Saturday, I found a wallet at the farmer's market. After speaking to its owner on the phone and arranging its return to her, I felt like the two of us were friends. I wonder, is there some young friend missing his seashell and coin? Were they left by accident?
Sometimes I wonder about the recipients of guerrilla goodness. Does finding a note bring happiness to them? Did somebody leave these here for us to find, imagining the surprised smile on the face of the finder?
Maybe not representing today's word, but definitely a reaction to it.
If you remember blowing dandelion clocks as a child, if you still love sun-spark-like banks of yellow blooms, if you get a guilty pleasure out of being the person most likely to seed the whole neighborhood, if you like wishes and magic, if spring bouquets make you giddy...this gallery is for you.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
- Marcel Proust
the spring will come, tulips will bloom
you will do the thing that seems too big
the world will be reborn, and you can be, too
A little glimpse of the Valentine's Day lovefest here in RVA. Patience will be appearing on CBS6's Virginia This Morning on Tuesday to talk about Guerrilla Goodness. Check out the Flickr pool to see more goodness shared by people from all over the map.
I still have a few notes left over to keep the love alive the rest of the year. ♥
Our love notes to the world are ready to go and will be distributed in two cities today. Reese and I will spread love around Richmond. Griff, Xander, and Dan are on their way to DC for the day. Will some Metro rider be perked up by their notes today? Will somebody ask them about their project and be inspired?
As Patience would say, kindness changes everything. How are you changing the world today, one tiny gift of kindness at a time?
PS: Don't forget to take pictures of your acts of kindness and add them to the Guerrilla Goodness flickr pool. Uploading them is an inspiring act of kindness in itself!
abundance is...
★ shelves crowded with games and puzzles
★ finding extra space for creativity
★ setting aside things to donate
★ generous friends
★ a snowbound day spent entirely in pajamas
★ introducing the kids to The Wizard of Oz
★ planning to buy a yardstick, then finding two left by the last owner
★ fluffy down comforters
★ two consecutive nights of good sleep
★ an unexpected dinner from a caterer
★ birds feasting at the feeder, in the snow
★ a neighbor who tosses the ball back over the fence for you
★ a concidental tea tag quote: "gratitude is the open door to abundance"
★ bowls full of homemade popcorn
★ bins chock full of action figures
