Birthday #60 is this year, not till this summer but this year, nonetheless. Tell me it ain't so! How in the world can that much time possibly have passed? So many questions as I enter this decade of my life.
What am I passionate about? What are my priorities? Have I made a difference? What can I do to have an impact? Who would I like to reconnect with? How do I do that? Where would I like to go?
Ohhhhhh. . . . . there are a million and one questions on the tip of my tongue. The most important thing is that I've realized that I haven't kept the promise I made to myself on my 50th birthday. I promised me that I would make the 2nd set of 50 years I spend on this earth better than I spent the 1st set of 50 years. I have begun those changes but the progress has been slow. I WILL be the change that I want to see!!
To make this already long story short, I have decided to give myself the gift of doing (at minimum) 60 random acts of kindness between Jan. 1, 2014 and my birthday in June. I've had to make some decisions about what a random act of kindness is and what I'm capable of dedicating to that financially. There are so many free things that I find myself almost more excited about giving away the free stuff than "spending" anything to do a random act of kindness. At school, there are so many things I can "give away" that can make SUCH a tremendous difference in the life of a child . . . . a smile, a pat on the shoulder, a hug, a compliment. Always using my manners, doing an unexpected favor, surprising my classroom with something homemade to eat, sharing a life experience.
I feel like, for my kids and my grandboys I need to chronicle this effort. And I want to document it for me too, to have later to look back on and remember how it felt to reach this accomplishment. This documentation is not meant to be a pat on the back for me but rather an instrument to keep me accountable to myself and the world around me. I'll be sharing a verbal accounting, and when I can photos or videos too.
I hope any of you who choose to follow me will be blessed by that following in some sort of way. Thanking family and friends for loving me through these first 60 years . . . . . there's going to be 40+ more years for you to enjoy this eccentric, crazy, about-to-be-60 year old woman. Hang on! The next 5 months will be RAOK (Random Act Of Kindness) epic!!
