"There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why...I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"
---Robert F. Kennedy
Today I delivered to Community-Based shelter the baked goods that I prepared the other day" cranberry bread, pumpkin bread, and just plain sort of corn bread. I thought the traffic would be terrible going there, but in fact it was fine.
I was inspired to do more baking after last night's Children's Inn project - you wouldn't believe how much food we ended up with there, due to several MoverMoms' generosity. So I thought, why not bring more than I initially had planned, as that way it could feed more people.
This is the type of inspiration that I like and am always on the lookout for, namely the type that is right under your nose, or not too far away from it. You don't have to watch the Person of the Week on the News to be inspired to go beyond what is expected of you. Sure those people are incredibly inspiring, and I love watching those news segments each Friday evening, but there are pleny of small acts of generosity, kindness or heroism being done each day among people we know in a myriad of ways. I saw that evidenced at The Children's Inn last night, then again in a totally different way today when my mom came for the holiday.
She took my girls shopping and they came home with a cashmere sweater for me! Totally unnecessary and totally a surprise, yet they know I love that soft fabric and that I won't buy it because it's pricey. I also saw it at Giant, when I went to get the Thanksgiving groceries and a worker in the dairy aisle was so friendly even though he was wildly busy.
So as we approach Thanksgiving, perhaps make a concerted effort to be a bit kinder, more generous, and on occasion even more heroic than you usually are. Tis the season for that as much as it is for shopping!
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