Imitation at its finest

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it. Albert Schweitzer

I love today's quote all on its own but I also love when I hear or read stories that back it up. I'm a firm believer in doing acts of kindness, random or not, and inspiring others to do the same. And I do believe that the majority of the time people are inspired to commit their own acts of kindness once they have been recipients. Just today I read on FB from a friend's status, "went through the drive thru at Starbucks this morning and the car in front of me paid for my order.. random acts of Christmas season kindness made my day!!" Wonderful and kind acts don't have to be grandiose in scale (financially, materially, etc) - just grandiose in thought and intention. A $4 coffee is grandiose, not because it was $4 my friend didn't have to spend but because someone, a stranger , extended beyond themselves to another person. And of course what is the response of my friend? She's going to pay it forward. That's imitation at its finest. How can you inspire imitation today?

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The End of Affirmation 365

I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

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