Friday, October 19, 2012

Challenges to doing good

I have been thinking a lot about how I am going to go about completing my works. The more I think about it, the more lazy I feel. I feel helpless. But that is no excuse. There is no excuse for not doing something as simple as smiling or listening. There is no excuse for being lazy.

I was talking to my dad today about my fundraising efforts for the Making Strides for Breast Cancer walk I am doing tomorrow. I was telling him how I was just a few dollars away from my goal and I asked if he wouldn't mind helping.

His response:

"Well, I already gave but..."

Why do we find it so hard to give again. I can understand if it is a question of money. But is there not $1 we can spare?

Do we walk around saying, "Well I already smiled today but I guess I can smile at you too"?

How silly does this sound. Why is it so hard for us to always be givers? Is it our culture? Is it the way we were raised? Is it the worry that in giving all we have, we may lose all that we have? Or are we simply just lazy?

I don't have the answers to these questions. At least not yet.

What I do know is this. I am working on my list. I want to make a difference. I want to be able to give EVERYTHING I have.

Tomorrow I am walking a 5K for Breast Cancer. As of tonight I have been able to raise $205! That's pretty good. I am walking with a bunch of people that I don't know all that well and I can't wait to hear everyone's stories. I am hoping that in doing this as well, that I can be inspired to give more.

Stay tuned.... I will post my list once I have a good amount of things on it.

Until then, I encourage you all to do one extraordinary thing each day. I know I'll be working on it.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The Pixie Dust Project

Not that long ago I had a blog called Pixie Dusted Proposals. On this blog I featured unique places around Walt Disney World that people could propose to their loved ones. I loved it, but I couldn't always get out and do the research I wanted to. So I started a feature called The Pixie Dust Project.
These features highlighted things I did to spread a little pixie dust in this crazy world.

A few days ago I decided that I wanted to have a blog totally devoted to the Pixie Dust Project. Since I sort of let this blog go, why not reprpose it into the Pixie Dust Project blog?

So get excited, because I am!

What can you expect from the Pixie Dust Project?

~Monthly Acts of Kindness
~Ideas for volunteering
~Small, easy, no cost things you can do to make a difference
~Ways I am spreading Pixie Dust through out my days
~more

How can you help?

Share your ideas! Did you do something great for someone? We want to hear about it! Share your ideas with us!

Stay Tuned Folks! We are out spreading pixie dust!