Comments on: MMM13 Round-Up: Spreading The Love

By: Sayward

Sayward — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:21:05 +0000

@ Kory – Yay, yes it’s never too late to join in!

By: Kory

Kory — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:00:27 +0000

I love the ideas here, I love this mission, what a beautiful thing, to spread kindness! I’m coming up with all sorts of ideas after reading through the post and the comments! I’m gonna head over to the extension post and share some cool links!

By: MathTutor

MathTutor — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:50:16 +0000

It would be great if you could just smile at everyone you see, it’s amazing how much just a simple smile can change somebody’s day so drastically.

As for myself, I am about to move for school and my mission before I leave is to send all my mentors hand written thank you notes to let them know how much they have impacted my life :)

Keep on being awesome, Sayward!

By: Sayward

Sayward — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:40:41 +0000

YAY! I’m glad everyone is into extending the mission, because I really love the idea. And wow, you all are so incredibly inspiring in your generosity and kindness. I am teary-eyed reading these responses. You all give me so much hope for this world. THANK YOU!

I can’t wait for the coming month. Let’s all keep working and staying mindful, and all these stories will fuel our fires as we kick this mission’s butt! Yay kindness!

I want to do so many of these ideas. Such inspiration here! And I’m definitely going to keep practicing my smile-as-default-expression. That one can be harder than it seems.

Seriously, you guys are so SO amazing. Thank you all for being so incredible, and I can’t wait to hear how the next month goes.

BONZAI!!!!!!!!!!

By: Melissa D

Melissa D — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:54:23 +0000

Courtney, #19, I do that too! Whenever my family goes shopping with me they think that I am crazy. And it’s a pleasant surprise for the cart wranglers on those hot summer days!

I think this is a fab idea to continue for another month! I too have just heard about this and I think it is absolutely wonderful! It is funny for me read about this, because today my Grams came up to me and just gave me $20…for no reason! I can’t wait to get started :)

By: Melisa

Melisa — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:17:39 +0000

Shaina, what you did for those kids with empty boxes it won-der-ful. I remember being at college far from home, and the hopefulness walking to the post office, and the let-down on days when nothing came for me. A sweet little note would make an ENORMOUS difference in someone’s day!!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:58:59 +0000

yay!!! so cool :) i bet that was the best thing that happened to those people that day.
have you heard of operation beautiful? your little notes totally reminded me of that website/project.
it’s become quite the phenomenon :)

By: Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:47:33 +0000

I could go for another month. At this point I’ve made a few things habit. One thing I’ve been doing is being more polite and patient on the road. If it’s possible I let people in, don’t get upset at stupid things, and take my time. It is so nice.
The other thing I’ve been doing is taking care of carts. It’s always bothered me when I see how people have left their cart in the middle of the parking lot. Especially when they’re close to a coral or the store itself. So I just go and gather them up, straighten things up, and put them in the coral. It’s one of the few jobs I haven’t done but I can’t imagine it’s fun having to go out and hunt down carts.
I’m all for another month to reinforce these habits and possibly start more!

By: Shaina

Shaina — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:55:50 +0000

Another vote for another month!

I was fully charged up on love as I started this mission, but I felt the love dwindle as I got into the crazy that is NYC in the summer. HOWEVER: I did manage to do sweet little things when I got the chance. I work at the front desk of the dormitory for the school I went to, and I am constantly having kids coming up to the mailbox and gazing in. Upon seeing the black hole that is their room, they tend to walk away sighing “nobody loves me”. So one day I made up little hearts with sayings like: YOU ARE LOVED; YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL; YOU ARE TALENTED; YOU ARE HERE!. And for each person that didn’t get mail, I would leave them this anonymous heart. It made me feel so good, that I was able to brighten up these kids’ days.
There is a boy who auditioned for our school while I was working a few weeks back who was in from Australia on his own. I saw him a few more times after that at school, when he was in signing paperwork and such. On the last time I saw him, he had all of his luggage with him. I asked him what was up and he shrugged and laughed and said “I’m kind of homeless right now”. Well, I very well couldn’t let this adorable Aussie wander the dangerous streets of NYC, could I?! So I gave him my number, and told him I had a floor and tons of pillows if he finds himself stranded. He wound up staying the night with my roommate and I and we had a blasty blast!

I had an acting teacher once who talked about being in the “yes zone”. He said that whenever he was walking around the city, typically after an awesome yoga session, he would be in the yes zone and feel so at peace with his world, and people would always take notice. His internal glow would become extermal. THAT is what I’m going to work on this month.

love and daisies and sunshine~

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:31:02 +0000

YES!!!!!Love the idea of extending this mission! Our family has a motto, “Blessed to be a blessing”. We are always looking for ways to reach out to others and my hope is that is just becomes second nature for my kids to put others before themselves.
I am so tickled by all of the sweet acts of kindness documented here. Such great ideas! A long time ago, I read a book about how everyone has a love language (or two, or three ;-) ) that especially speaks to their heart. Some people love words of affirmation (like secret notes of encouragement), others love acts of service ( helping little grannies with groceries), for some it is gifts (free coffee!, baby hand me downs), some people love physical touch (big hugs), and finally, my personal favorite, some people love quality time (visiting with an older person who may not get a lot of attention or sitting a spell with a new mom who needs some company).
This is all so exciting! Thank you Sayward for this MM.