What goes around comes around

Even the Good stuff.

My own experience:
A couple of weeks ago, towards the beginning of June.
I was at Best Buy returning a camera. I was line waiting, waiting and some more waiting. When i came up to the clerk, I told her my problem. All the time thinking, " Wow she has the most beautiful hair. " It was an a up do, with curls slightly falling, as if intentionally, but you couldn't quite tell. I didn't say anything because I thought how weird it might be for me to say it. When we were all done I just couldn't resist. I said, " Thank you ma' am, you hair looks fabulous by the way!" She smiled and said thank you. I don't know if I made her day, but I know I made her smile. Dealing with costumer complaints isn't the prettiest job, so i am glad I at least got a smile on her face.
Today I was talking to a older woman, perhaps in her late 50's. I was translating to for and my mom. We were talking about houses and real state, the economy all that stuff. Then out of nowhere the woman tells me, " You are a very pretty young lady. Very pretty. "
"Thank you, " I replied with a smile. Perhaps for me it was the fact that it was an older person that told me this that gave me a boost confidence. I am sure she had seen many pretty young ladies and I was glad I was one of them. She was someone who didn't just say it to anybody. ( Unlike guys with their hormones, if you know what I mean )Sure many of my friends tell me this, and my family but when a stranger you just met tells you this it's quite a delight. Then I realized that maybe the way I was feeling then was how this young sales clerk felt as well.

So next time you meet a stranger and really like something about them, just tell them!! Who know's you just might make their day!

Recycle Batteries

200,000,000 Batteries are thrown away each year in the US...


The chemicals in batteries are highly toxic and harm the earth greatly. Place like walgreens, office mas, CVS, etc recycle batteries just but in a plasitc bag and take them! It's that easy. We use batteries all the times and just throw them away when the're finished. Do you know how harmful that is to the earth???


So next time your about to dump those batteries wny don't you put in a plastic bag and save them up to you have ebough batteries to recycle..you'd be suprised how many batteries you use in six months.

When Earth Day comes

Yes, yes recycle..not just on earth day but EVERYDAY! Or at least once a week! Yes recycling is such an important thing but there is so much that helps the earth its pretty crazy! Personally i think earth isn't just about the earth itself but also about helping out people on the earth. I mean technically if your helping the earth you are also making the earth better for you and me, right? So i do suggest if you can recylce, get yourself pollution and global warming , walk instead of taking your car but also volunteer! Volunteer in anything you want! It doesn't have to be cleaning up garbage or getting your hands dirty, it can be helping the homeless, it going to the nearest animal shelter. If you can, do a big project like a bakesale to raise money!
There is so much out there nowadays I could go on for days and days but instead why not google some sites??
Good luck
and
Happpy EARTH DAY!!

Send some Snail Mail!

When was the last time you got a letter in mail,an actual envelope in front you that you could touch that wasn't a bill or advertisement?

Writing a letter so simple, yet with technology we have forgotten all about it. So how about sending a letter: short or long. All you need is paper, an envelope and a stamp. Receiving a letter now is such a special gift. So if you know anybodies birthday is coming up send the some snail mail! But it doesn't even have to be a special occasion! Just send a letter to someone to cheer them up with a special message trust me they will be surprised!
To tell the truth I myself wasn't to excited myself about mail but Katy made me see how beautiful mail is. How you can actually hold it in your hands and know that a person took the time to write the note. That it had traveled through hands and maybe machines to get to where it is now in your hands.
So think about sending some snail mail instead of email won't you?

P.S thanks Katy for showing me that snail mail is way more special than i thought :)

Share your Wisdom

You don't have to become a teacher!
Advice is wisdom that we always share but have you noticed we only give each other advice when something not to happy is happening? I think that should change. Why not send your friend an email with a word of advice? Or call her/him up? For instance today I will share with you some things people have shared with me. I have to tell you that some of these made my day! You never know if your friend will ever need the advice later or if it will just make her/him smile!

The message or advice can be as short as these proverbs :

1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
2. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
3. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
4. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
5. Always care about your flowers and your friends. Otherwise they'll fade, and soon your house will be empty.
6. A paragraph should be like a lady's skirt: long enough to cover the essentials but short enough to keep it interesting.
7. After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
8. A woman's work is never done.

Or as eloquent as the following:

If children live with criticism,
They learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility,
They learn to fight.
If children live with ridicule,
They learn to be shy.
If children live with shame,
They learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement,
They learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance,
They learn to be patient.
If children live with praise,
They learn to appreciate.
If children live with acceptance,
They learn to love.
If children live with approval,
They learn to like themselves.
If children live with honesty,
They learn truthfulness.
If children live with security,
They learn to have faith in them-
selves and others.
If children live with friendliness,
They learn the world is a nice
place in which to live.

( don't you agree ?)

Have you heard of the paradox?
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less.
We buy more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We've added years to life not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.
We conquered outer space but not inner space.
We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.
A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.



Sharing is Caring ;)

Smile... it's a start.

It's cliche... but sometimes all you need is a smile.

Once upon a time, I was a freshman at Oshkosh North High School, and I ate school lunch. Everyday I would slug through a line of ravenous high school eaters to order my usual: turkey and mozzarella on wheat. And everyday, I paid the same lunch lady. And she never smiled. My mission: get the lunch lady to grin. Just once.

Just an average day and the same routine: turkey and mozzarella on wheat. Same progression through the same line. But this was it. As I approached to pay the lunch lady, I flashed a smile, handed her my cash, and asked simply, "What's your name?"

A pause. A hesitation. A look in the eye. A gentle whisper. A small grin. "Betty."

"Hi, Betty! I'm Katy. It's nice to meet you. I hope you have a great day!"

"You too."

Mission accomplished.

There's power in knowing someone's name. There's importance in a smile.

Challenge: smile. At friends and family. And total strangers on the train or bus. At yourself in the mirror. You might be surprised by the result.