Day 3

[Bella Rose]

It is my day 3 and I am hard pressed to find someone to give to. I started out the day in an great mood. Life is far from perfect, but I greeted the day with a smile and lots of hope, then everything turned sour. Every single person I have run into today has been in a bad mood and for a while it was starting to bring me down with them.

So by 11:00 this morning I decided that I was not going to give to a human today because I don't want to be near anyone until the universe shifts and moods lighten. My gift, I decided,  was going to be to my dogs, I was going to take them out for a run in the mountains after work this afternoon. Then....Oh it has to be something in the air here today...my knee went out on me. (This post is so pathetic that I can't help but laugh as I write it) I had a pretty serious injury to my knee a little over a year ago and last night I reinjured it. I thought it was ok though, until about lunch time today when pain began to shoot through it. Consequently there went the dog walk.

Now I am at a loss for what to give today. I still have my sense of humor as I am laughing at todays turn of events, but I just don't know what I should give that doesn't require other people or physical activity. Any suggestions?

 

[Bella Rose]

This leads me to wonder how many times in one day do we do small, seemingly insignifigant things for others and we never even notice that we do it.

[Lois55 wwt]

Absolutely! And how fortunate that because of you, the part came in the same day!

[Bella Rose]

Actually I just remembered; I did give a gift today. Yesterday my son was doing a landscaping job when he hit a stone and it broke off a piece of the weed wacker. This morning he was running late for work, so I took down the make and model of the machine and dropped it off at the hardware store so they could order a new part. Because I had gotten the order in so early, they were able to have a new part for him by this afternoon.

I did not consciously think about giving this as my gift today, I just did it without any thought at all, but I guess it counts; yes?

[Lois55 wwt]

Yes, self-care is very important! You need to heal...take care;)

[Mare]

You gave the gift of intention, I think that should count.  And you also brought a smile to my face as I imagine you laughing.  : )

[Deb~ Community Manager]

Give yourself the gift of self care and take it easy~ You have given today, just that the gifts were not received as you would have liked. You gave the gift of this post too. Please take care of that knee. Snuggle with the dogs. They'd like that! xoxo