One of my clients reached a milestone this year, 40 years
in business. Wow, quite an
accomplishment. Today is my 11 year
anniversary of starting my business and I am thrilled that I made it another
year. I actually hope to celebrate many
more anniversaries. I can't just blog,
read and watch NetFlix.
This client decided to, as a company, do 40 Acts of
Kindness, to honor their 40 years in business.
What a cool thing to do. I am so impressed and so proud to have a
client with so much respect for others.
Some of the things they are doing include:
- Taking water bottles to the homeless
- Cooking dinner at a local non profit
- Build a bear for the children's hospital
- Blood donations
This reminded me of something that happened to us, Father's
Day 2015. We had scheduled brunch at a
local restaurant. There were the four
Grand kids, our adult sons and their wives and my husband, a total of 10
people. When we go out to celebrate
something as important as Father's Day, we order appetizers, drinks, entrees, and
desserts. Yes, there were four
kiddos, plus 6 adults. We were having a wonderful time with the g
kids all laughing and telling stories.
We were not the quiet table. I
think everyone knew we were there.
When we prepared to leave, our son asked for the
bill. It was Father's Day and the boys wanted
to pay. The waitress said the tab was
already paid. I accused my husband of
picking up the tab. He said that he had not. The waitress said a man at the bar
picked up our tab. Are you kidding
me? We wanted to thank him but he had
already left the restaurant. The boys
then picked a table with a family to pay it forward and pay their bill. We need to do this often. It is such a sweet surprise for the recipient and so fun for you.
Pick up the tab for the person behind you at
Starbucks. Actually hold the door for
the little, old lady walking into Barnes and Noble. Let someone with a few items go in front of
you in the check out line. Buy bottles
of water for the homeless. Donate food
at the food bank......
My last garage sale had bargain basement prices, loads of
things for a dollar. At the end of the sale, we called a favorite charity and
they had four vehicles ready to pack up our stuff. The garage was clean in about 30
minutes. Lots of clothing and household
stuff that they could distribute or sell in their thrift shop. I hit the lottery, my garage was cleared out.
No message could have been any clearer, if you want to make the world a better place,
Take a look at yourself and then make a change"-Michael Jackson, Man in the Mirror
Coming soon:
Top Five Albums
The Birthday Club
Rehearsal dinner from Afar
How long 'til Fall?
How long 'til Fall?
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