Good Giving Weekly: GIFTS OF THE HEART December 7, 2018
Greetings #29Gifts Community,
HO HO HOLIDAYS Happy Flashback Friday. Today is the anniversary of the 1941 World War II Pearl Harbor invasion. Thanks to Veterans past and present who serve so bravely. Enjoy these three FLASHBACK links to get you in the giving groove. TODAY Show http://www.29giftsbook.com/today.php OPRAH http://www.oprah.com/spirit/cami-walkers-29-gifts MS&ME Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ndPvtZdIcE
Welcome if you are new to #29Gifts or repeating #29Giftsin29Days. During the holiday season it is easy to focus on giving and sometimes get carried away picking presents for everyone on your list. Here are a few giving ideas that cost little or no money. Challenge yourself this month to move beyond the material and give gifts of the heart.
TUNE IN Give the gift of listening to a friend, family member or even a stranger. Put down your phone, make eye contact and really listen.
AFFECTION Give hugs, compliments or smiles liberally.
POETIC WORDS Write a poem and share it with our community and others people you love. Make a collage or add other imagery to go with your poem. Here is a poem of mine if you want some inspiration.
Inspiring. Motivating. The common pursuit of personal truth. Whatever that means.
How? Following the mission means keeping it in sight. In range but just out of reach. Staying on the path of purpose. Feet planted. Rooted. The hard part.
Living passion. Breathing certainty. Reaching out when you feel like curling in. Hiding. Ducking away. Finding balance between the need to shelter yourself, and your desire to serve the collective.
How? Somehow. However it's speaking to you.
Feeling yourself. Accepting your everyness. The joyful. The enthusiastic. The creative. The loving. And the furious. The sobbing. The obsessive. The crazed.
GIVING ROCKS Exercise your creativity. Collect rocks of different sizes and paint or draw on them. Include inspiring words and images and www.29gifts.org to help our movement grow. Give your rocks away or leave them places for people to find.
HELP OTHERS Give food to a food pantry or directly to the homeless. Right now I am helping provide shelter for my good friends Ray and Kara who think of themselves as “home free”. Circumstances got them stuck in the Denver area for the winter months when it is too cold to live full time in their van. They are helping me with cooking, cleaning and we are sharing food and meals.
HANDMADE GIFTS Make your own tree ornaments, greeting cards or, holiday sweets or savory treats. Spend time at http://www.pinterest.com for ideas and www.etsy.com for handmade artisan gifts.
ASK QUESTIONS You will get more out of your #29Gifts experience if you interact with me and others on www.29gifts.org and www.facebook.com/29gifts. Do you have questions for me about how to get started giving or keep your giving groove going after your first cycle of #29Gifts? Post your question in the comments and I will reply.
HELP WANTED Join our volunteer 29 Gifts Community Team. Help welcome new members and start conversations www.29gifts.org. DM me or leave a comment if you are interested. You can also organize group gives in your local area. When I was traveling and speaking about 29 Gifts, I organized Flower Power Gives in each city I visited. Read about my first Flower Power Give. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/get-your-give/200908/flower-power-give
WRITE YOUR STORY I am still hard at work on the manuscript for my second book. Write a 2,000-word personal essay submission. 29 Life Lessons: Reflections On Living and Giving is the much anticipated sequel to Cami Walker’s New York Times Bestselling self-help memoir, 29 Gifts: How A Month of Giving Can Change Your Life. 29 Life Lessons includes personal stories from Walker and members of the 29 Gifts global community, self-help prompts, and creative giving tips. Get submission guidelines and read three stories from Cami. http://follr.com/Communities/29Gifts/ViewPost/74108
GIVEAWAYS WANTED Are you an artist, author, healer or entrepreneur who wants to share a product or service with the #29Gifts community? Sponsor a Great Giveaway. DM me if you are interested.
SUPPORT 29 GIFTS Please invite friends to join you at www.29gifts.org. Use the tag #29Gifts on your social media posts. "Like" and Share http://www.facebook.com/29gifts. Follow Cami on Twitter or Snapchat @camiwalker29 and at https://www.instagram.com/camillaswalker. Click on Documents to download free 29 Gifts Note Cards and other fun giving tools.
Good Giving! Cami Walker Chief Evangelist, 29gifts.org
P.S. I have been missing Charlie, my therapy dog who died in April. Give a financial gift to help Trooper (my rescue dog) train to be a Therapy and Service Dog and for additional dental work for me. I am having my teeth cleaned Monday and have another oral surgery again on December 20. They will be doing more bone grafting and put in the post for my implant. Please give if you can and share this link in the spirit of community! https://www.gofundme.com/help-cami-break-free-from-ptsd-ms
