Generosity is a lot of fun. All I am was given to me. All I have can best be used to serve others, If I’m not using it. I’m finding it easyer and easyer to just give things away. There’s also a group that’s new to me call “Freecycling” It’s a really cool idea. St. Louis happens to have one of the strongest local chapters. Here’s their website voted one of PC magazines “top 100 sites you cannot live without”
http://freecycle.org/ As soon as I become a member, I’ll take this goal off my list!!
May 06, 2005, 09:38PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
but I had fun with it. I and some friends went our to eat at Ryan’s steakhouse 2 nights ago. There were 12 of their dinner rolls left over. I asked the waitress If I could take them home, and she said OK. Next day, at a rally, there were some people that really looked down and out. I walked around offering the extra rolls, and was out of them in 10 minutes!
Apr 20, 2005, 04:19AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
I meet with a group of about 10-12 friends Tuesday mornings at a Denny’s restaurant. A friend called to make sure that I was coming today, because they had a birthday cake for me. I’ve been collecting a bagful of stuff that I was planning to give away. This includes things I’ve picked up on trips such as:
- 3 wooden butterfly pins from Nicaragua
- 6 Arkansas whetstones
- 1 small book of inspirational writing
- 5 old coins (including a 1909 Canadian penny), I didn’t need or want.
- 4 floating foam keyrings in bright colors
- 40 or so 4×6 photos I had taken on a trip to Michigan’s upper peninsula
- 1 partridge in a pair tree (just kidding)
During the get-together, I announced: “Ina my country, when’a it’sa person’s birthaday, they giva gifts to everybody elsa.” I told them two gifts max. per person, except for the photos. I started handing things out both directions around the circle. Nothing came back to me. So I had fun, simplified my life, practiced generosity, and reduced clutter.Four goals with ONE act. Cool!
Apr 12, 2005, 06:37PM PDT | 1 cheer | 11 comments
As part of simplifying and becoming more generous at the same time, I want to find things to sell such as:
- CDs I haven’t listened to in ages
- I’m goin to cut my $60/year Geocities back to a plain account.
- Software I’m not using.
Then I want to give the money to a charitable organization.
Apr 06, 2005, 01:32PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
