I’m so excited – the day is here and I’m getting wonderful generosity stories from far and wide.
One person went to a simple, down-home restaurant and appreciated the service so much that he left a tip “as if it had been a four star restaurant;” another guy asked the flower vendor how much he was going to charge for roses on Valentine’s Day (double) and just paid that amount yesterday; someone else had a long conversation with the security guard at the bank who was counting the minutes until the end of his shift.
Today you can give yourself permission to be outrageously kind, irrationally warm, improbably generous. I promise it will be a blast.
(BONUS: please share what you did or generous acts you witnessed in text/photo/video on the Causes site)
Sitting at the center of this fabulous maelstrom, it’s a joy to see the spirit and love people have put into making today everything it can be. We have three (three!!) beautiful videos – Celebrating Generosity Day (See3 Communications); Generosity Day: What is Love (Jubilee Project); and Me to We – Generosity Everyday (Hodge Pictures). These videos are alternately fun, irreverent, heartwarming, joyful, and profound, and to see other storytellers take this story forward is a true joy for me.
The Huffington Post’s take on Generosity Day is on the home page of their Impact section and the lead story of their Good News section, and we have blogs and tweets coming from all directions. (click here to see it all unfold in real time).
Also a special thanks to all the bloggers out there who have helped spread the word, with a special shout-out to Beth, Brene, Katya, Scott and Seth.
Have a great day!
Happy Generosity Day to you too! I’ll be posting tomorrow about the leaps of kindness I attempt and how I see others around me practicing generosity too, but here is my shout-out to the day itself!
http://vickisgoldenbirthday.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-generosity-day.html
Thought you would enjoy our lovely manifesto on a (generous) day like today. Cheers to Generosity Day and the 364 more to come until next year!
http://www.projectlivingwell.com/project-living-well/our-manifesto/
Here’s my story also, Sasha. It was my best attempt at being generous today, and hopefully inspiration to anyone who wants to give more or be more generous, but doesn’t always have the courage.
http://resolvetogive.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/my-attempt-at-generosity-day/