My First Sticky

Have you checked out Operation Beautiful yet?  I'm a believer!  I left my first sticky on a bathroom door at Target today.  I felt like I was brightening someone else's day, and it certainly brightened my own.  It's important to support others and be kind.  It's also important to treat yourself the same way.  My note said, "SMILE! You're beautiful! Don't let anyone else (including yourself) tell you different!"  If only we would treat ourselves as we would a friend, life would be so much easier.  I vow to start doing this.  Quit the negative talk.  Focus on the positive. And be happy.  Just another penny for your thoughts....  what would YOUR sticky say?

Little Things...

Caitlin, over at Operation Beautiful, has gotten me thinking about little acts having big effects on people.  Little things can make a difference in others lives.  Good or bad.  Large or small.  Somewhere along the way, I've lost track of being purposefully good.  Of smiling at a stranger.  Practicing random acts of kindness.  I still do those things naturally, but they have become fewer and farther between.  I'm recommiting myself here and now to act... better.  Treat people how I want to be treated.  Give a penny, for crying out loud. 

Be grateful

So many people are struggling financially now. They are losing jobs, they haven't had a job in months... Be grateful if you have one. Hold onto that fact. It may not be perfect, but you have a job.

Someone complained to me that they didn't understand why their company cutting back on raises this year... they were still giving raises, just a lower percentage.

In a recession I think to get any kind of a raise is extraordinary. This person seemed like they were being jipped by not getting as much as expected.

BE GRATEFUL for what you have.

Grrr.


That is all.