You can make a difference everyday!

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I don't care if there was sex stuff found in her journals or not, she is a women of wonderful inspiration, wisdom and hope!

I have now written this quote on card stock and placed it on the wall and each day I write on it how I have started to improve the world, even by one single act!

Every day we wake up we have the chance to make a difference in the world and in the lives of others, even from our tiny place in this giant world.

Rich or poor, living large or just getting by we each have the power of change at our finger tips!

I HATE the words "I am just one person", "You are only one person" well if every person said that nothing would ever get done, nothing would ever change and we would all be where we were when we lived in caved!

Yes you are one person, but one person can change the world I promise you that and history has shown that over and over and over again!!!!

How you can make a difference for someone else!
-Smile
-Say hello
-Hold a door
-Share a snack
-Listen
-Buy a coffee
-Offer a helping hand
-Give a hug

How you can make a difference for the world!
-Recycle
-Vote
-Pick up trash on walks, while fishing, at the park
-Grow a garden
-Plant a tree
-Help with projects that support the enviroment
-Volunteer
-Reduce Waste
-Compost
-Write your local government representative on causes that you are passionate about
-Spay/Neuter


YOU, that one single person can do simple things to change the world, so get your arse in gear and go hold a door.

Today I made a change! Today I am using a Brita filter jug and a Brita reusable bottle instead of water bottles. This is a HUGE change for me. Yes I double filter my water. Until a week ago I went through 24 bottles of water a week, yes I recycled them but even with doing that it was still creating waste and pressure on the world. Just this full week I have saved 24 water bottles from going to land fill. I HATE tap water, wouldn't even use it to brush my teeth, double filtering it for me has allowed me to reduce waste, make a difference (even a tiny dent) in the world and still drink water that doesn't taste like ass or smell like chlorine.

One person doing something simple to make a big difference in the world!

What is your change today?

35 acts of kindness post 2

This month I decided we were going to do random acts of kindness for our bored activity. This means a lot of prep work for mom lol.

Our acts of kindness are:

Bus fare taped to bus stops
Money taped to washing machines
Homeless bags
Warm bags
Kindness rocks
Kindness bookmarks
Flowers to the people in a retirement home
Flowers to the hospice
Hold the door
Let someone go ahead of us in line
Donate a toy to the toy drive
Donate to Slavation Army
Bring homemade cookies to firehall
Bring homemade treats to our local shelter
Give out Candy Canes
Pass sticker to children in line
Christmas Door Bomb
Pick up trash on a walk
Change taped to a vending machine
Pay for someones tim hortons
Colouring books and Crayons to the hospital
Cookies for the neighbour
Donate food to the local shelter
Cards to soliders over seas
Kindness dinosaurs
$5.00 in a book with a note
Tims card to mailman
Tape quarters to the candy machines at the mall

Because of the size of this blog post I am going to make 2!

Give out candy canes

These will have sayings attached to them and we will give them out around town

Pass stickers to children in line

Waiting sucks as it is but waiting in line at Christmas is even worse. We are going to bring stickers when we go shopping and hand them to children in line behind us.

Christmas Door Bomb

This is a little gift bag with a gift in it left at a random door. 

Pick up trash on a walk

Another really easy one. Bring a bag when we walk the dogs and pick up trash along the way.

Change taped to a vending machine. 
 This is another simple one. You put change in tiny baggies and will tape them to vending machines in the hospital.

Pay for someones Tim Hortons

Another simple one. We will pay for the person behind us in line.


Colouring books and crayons to the hospital.

We will drop off colouring books and crayons to the childrens ward of the hospital.



Cookies for the neighbour

Another simple one. We will drop off a tin of homemade treats to our neighbour.

Donate food to the local shelter.



Once again it is simple. We will fill a bag with food and drop it off to the local shelter



Cards for soldiers over seas. 

This is another simple one. We will fill out a couple cards together and send them over seas for the holidays.

Kindness Dinosaurs

We will place dinosaurs around town with tags on them that say "I am not lost, I am yours. Happy Holidays"

$5.00 in a book with a note

We will put $5.00 in a random book at the library with a note inside.

Tims card to the mailman

 Another amazing person who doesn't get enough credit. So Blaine will be giving ours a tims cards.

Tape quarters to the candy machines in the mall

I never have change and feel bad when I get asked for .25 for the candy machine. So this year we will tape quarters to the candy machines in the mall.


Thats it thats all. They are really rather simple activities, it will just take me a little prep to get everything ready to go. 



 

35 acts of kindness post 1 of 2

This month I decided we were going to do random acts of kindness for our bored activity. This means a lot of prep work for mom lol.

Our acts of kindness are:

Bus fare taped to bus stops
Money taped to washing machines
Homeless bags
Warm bags
Kindness rocks
Kindness bookmarks
Flowers to the people in a retirement home
Flowers to the hospice
Hold the door
Let someone go ahead of us in line
Donate a toy to the toy drive
Donate to Slavation Army
Bring homemade cookies to firehall
Bring homemade treats to our local shelter
Give out Candy Canes
Pass sticker to children in line
Christmas Door Bomb
Pick up trash on a walk
Change taped to a vending machine
Pay for someones tim hortons
Colouring books and Crayons to the hospital
Cookies for the neighbour
Donate food to the local shelter
Cards to soliders over seas
Kindness dinosaurs
$5.00 in a book with a note
Tims card to mailman
Tape quarters to the candy machines at the mall

Because of the size of this blog post I am going to make 2!


Bus fare taped to bus stops

This one is pretty easy. We put change in small, clear baggies with a note saying this ride is on us. We will attach them to 3 bus stops around town.


Money on washing machines

This is another easy one. We put change in small, clear baggies with a note saying this load is on us. We will attach them to washing machines in each laundry mat in our city.

Homeless bags

This one is a little harder and costs more. It cost us around $125.00 to do 5 bags. What you need to put in your bags will depend on your location.

In our bags we put:
Travel tooth paste
Tooth brush
Gloves
Comb
Hat
Small reusable water bottle filled with water
Protein Bar
Fuzzy peaches
Mints
Hard candies
Hair ties
Socks
Bandaids
Pads
Homemade cookies
Oranges
$5.00 bill and a Christmas Card

Everything is put into a nice water proof bag with handles.We will hand them out to the homeless that I know live on the streets.

Warm bags

This one is a little more time consuming on my end because I have decided to use up my yarn and make the items for these bags instead of buying them.

Each will contain a hat, scarf, and gloves. They will be put in water proof bags and stapled to lampposts downtown. Every time I have a set ready I will refill the bags until the end of winter.

Kindness rocks

These will placed all around town. They will have a picture that Blaine paints on the front and on the back they will have a saying. They will be clear coated so they can stand up to the elements.


Kindness bookmarks

These will be printed on card stock have a picture and saying on them. They will be handed out at our local library.


Flowers to people in the retirement home

We are going to buy a couple dozen single stem flowers from our local flower shop and hand them out to the people at the retirement home. They will have a ribbon and a saying tied to them.


Flowers to the hospice

This will be done the same as the retirement home but it will be given to the family members


Hold the door

This is something we do everyday but this time I am going to make an effort to each Blaine that this act of kindness goes a long.


Let someone go ahead of us in line

We do this often for people who have fewer items than us, but this time I am going to make a point in showing Blaine that they have less stuff than us so we are going to let them go ahead.


Donate a toy to the toy drive.

Blaine is going to pick out a toy that he feels a boy or girl would like and then put it in the toy donation bin.


Donate to the Salvation Army

Blaine is going to put money into the bucket for them at the mall and I will explain what the money is used for.


Homemade treats to the fire hall

Our firefighters never get enough credit. They are always on scene first and take care of not only fires but medical as well. We will be taking homemade treats to all three of our fire halls.


Homemade treats for our local shelter.

Our shelter will not take treats that are not packaged but we can hand them out to people in line who are waiting to go in for food.