Day 101 to 107 – Many More Like Me!

I know that there are many people like me; but they anonymously do good works for others. It is always encouraging to witness them doing kind acts and it is even better when you get to have a conversation with them.

Today I drove a very successful business women and she began to tell me how important it was in her life to involve herself in charitable and voluntary work. It was absolutely inspiring … and what was her motivation? … well, when she was a child, destitute and alone, some kind hearted people looked out for her and gave what help they could … she had decided, when she became successful, to simply ‘pass it forward’.

What a star!!!

This weeks kind acts included:

7x Gave cash to a charity

2 x Put neighbours bin back after the bin-men had been
5 x Held the door open for someone
7 x Treated some friends to dinner
5 x Proactively ‘gave-way’ to a pedestrian
54 x Proactively ‘gave-way’ to another driver

17 x Voluntary work as a mediation consultant

1 x Voluntary work for Ipsos Access Panels

1 x Voluntary work in the community

Sub total: 99

Running total: 1091

Target: 3000+ in 12months

Commenced 30^th November 2011

Motivation for ‘’My Ten-a-day’

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”

After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said, “I made a difference for that one.”