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I am happy you have started the 29-day Giving Challenge, it has been so much fun and healing and learning about giving.

Day 15 was a tough one for me. I was having another one of those bad days "in my head". I felt I had nothing to give and I didn't feel like giving. But then I remembered something that I have read before from Matthew Kelly and also from Don MIguel Ruiz. They suggest we all do our best everyday, but that we should be aware that our best varies from day to day. Our best won't be the same when we are sick as our best when we are healthy, for example. So when I got the mail at…

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Helped a mom (a total stranger) with an injured boy (he fell off his bike) while I was watching my son practice soccer by giving them a ride home (about two blocks away).

But that was really not an "intentional" gift... it was helping someone in need, which is something I do daily when called upon.

So my REAL gifts on Day 3 were getting my son bathed/showered and tick-checked as soon as we arrived home so he would ready for bed…

On the way to work this morning I hit traffic as usual.  But today I decided not to allow myself to to react with my usual thought of "NOT AGAIN."  (Like I am completely surprised.  lol)  Anyway, I…

So I meant to start the giving challenge last week... but being on honeymoon and travelling and also having poor internet i couldn't write my blog until now... also although i have been thinking lots about gifts and perhaps i have already given some with kind words i feel it doesn't quite feel like i've started proplerly.

I am ready now though and my first gift is going to be giving my 29 Gifts book to my husband. This may not seem like much of a gift, more like I am simply sharing an…

My manager Nancy is a sweet lady and I like to help her out. This day that meant giving her some information she was asking for.

At an audition I held the elevator for a girl that was approaching and handed her a new sign in sheet since my signature filled up the one that was being used.

During this same audition I assisted casting a bit with a mix up that had occurred with other actors in the room. 

Facilitated a meeting for some friends and I. 

Did a little…

My 21st Gift

We have all had one of those conversations when before you can finish your sentence the other person interrupts you to share their thoughts or finish yours for you.  I am embarrassed to admit that I have the tendency to be this person.   My Dad teases me and said that I was born talking, one of his favourite childhood stories to share is an occasion where I literally “talked” him to sleep and when he woke I was still chattering…

I finished the 29 gift challenge a few days ago. I must say, I thought it would be easier to keep on going giving although not having this moral commitment to a comunity, but it hasn't. Maybe I need more time to create a habit. 

I've been feeling kind of down lately, and I feel the focus and the path I was starting to discover is now in another direction. I don't feel right at the begining like the firts time, but I don't wanna be there. I've started to not hang out…

Haha, after the final days of my second round, things kept moving forward (get new location settled). Anyway, I try to slow down the pace in the whirling situation (contacting for remodeling work), settle a morning meditation and start giving again.

I wrote an email to my friend for her birthday, she was happy and we exchanged some news. 

A gift for myself today. It's been emotionally draining lately. Nothing huge, just the end of term weariness, plus working on a job application that requires letters of recommendation instead of just references and having trouble getting people who have the time write letters while the deadline looms, plus working on revisions to a paper where two reviewers said it was great, fine, just a few things to fix and it's ready, while one reviewer did a major rip 'n tear. While many points are…

Day 19 my gift was to make by hand a card for a friend's upcoming birthday and send it.

Day 20 my gift was to give my overbooked running late nail tech a very generous tip and let her know I'd work with her to be sure to come back to her. 

What a day (unfortunately, I don't mean that in a positive way). My only gift was some change to an old homeless man - and some conversation.

Several challenges came up, for me and people I care about. First and least was a nasty email from my half-brother, who is now 80. We've never been close (since we're 35 years apart in age), though he's never before been mean to me. It was just a very snarky, accusing and petty email; I responded with what I thought was calm compassion…

Intention for this round: "do the little things that make a big difference".

My gift to myself and my husband today was to stay "cool, calm and collected" while I struggled with setting up our new…

Day 4 - I was very upset about Grandma. I dedicded to stay home from work and take care of myself when I realized the crying wasn't going to stop. My gift for the day was for me and my husband. My normal behavior when someone passes is to cut myself off from all emotions and build a HUGE wall to keep everyone away. I say I am ok a lot and close down to everyone who loves me. I decided to NOT do that to myself or to my husband. It caused a lot more crying but I wias open and honest with my…

I just saw this card and it made me smile and think of all of you.

http://www.care2.com/send/card/6857

When I started this new round, this journey, I committed to the 29 days, BUT I also made a committment to myself to be honest and straight forward, even if it is awkward, revealing or embarassing.  Today I am gifting myself by asking for help of the members of the 29 Gifts Community .... For many years I have longed to understand the deep down feeling I perceive as "having faith."  Without doubt, I know that my upbringing contributed to this confusion.  I truly believed that my parents…

A team member of mine hasn't been performing upto the mark lately.She is drastically lagging behind her targets.Yesterday she closed a few deals and though she is still way behind her target but i appreciated her for it and motivated her to do her best.Appreciation is the best motivator,i believe.

My 20th Gift

Today has been a really interesting day.  An appointment that I had scheduled this morning was cancelled, I was disappointed but trusted that it just wasn't meant to be.  I did however have a strong intuitive feeling that I was ready for an emotional release and I needed some support and guidance.  I logged onto the natural therapy pages and came across the page of an energy healer.  When I woke this morning I had no intention of having an energy…

A longer version of this poem was posted by Deborah 290 several years ago and I took note.  Like so many things I've read here, it struck a chord.  It came into my mind this morning so here it is for you......

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul

 And you learn that love doesn’t mean learning and company doesn’t…