Leave A Legacy
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I safeguarded a Momma Hornet building a series of individual nests along the edges of our interlock driveway. We installed a ‘fence’ of sorts around these nests so she remained undisturbed.
It was the kind thing to do. She wasn’t bothering us. We didn’t want her to be bothered.
And we are well aware that the bees AND the hornets are in trouble population-wise.
This Momma Hornet’s babies and grandbabies and great-grandbabies, etc. could be the difference between having hornets in the future and not having hornets.
(Hornets are VERY beneficial. They, as one small example, keep populations of other creatures like caterpillars in balance.)
Protecting this Momma Hornet could be our legacy.
Picking up a piece of plastic so a bird or an earthworm doesn’t eat it could be our legacy.
Holding a door open for someone, making their day a bit happier so they go home to their families happier and more supportive could be our legacy.
We don’t need a gazillion dollars or grand gestures to leave a legacy.
Little actions and kindnesses change the world also.
Leave a legacy today.
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Give Positive Feedback On Great Employees
One of the (many) things the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I do to make a life a little bit nicer is…
We reach out to companies whenever one of their employees helps us and/or gives us a great experience.
For example, a cashier at a grocery store put an elastic band around our container of strawberries so the berries won’t fall out.
We noted her name, kept the receipt that had the store details, the date, and time, and we contacted the store via the feedback option on their website. We told them the cashier was amazing and was a credit to their company.
This took two minutes of our time, cost nothing, and it will likely stay in that cashier’s file forever. She might be recognized in some way. Her manager might praise her. She might get promoted. It might make her smile.
And it was easy peasy to do.
(smiles)
Tell companies when their employees are amazing.
This could make someone’s day and/or life a little bit better.
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How To Retain Your Humanity During Dark Times
The world is admittedly a tire fire right now.
(big hugs)
Terrible people are doing and supporting terrible things.
It is dang easy to become less caring, less generous, less…human.
But being kind, generous, caring is what makes us amazing. Acts of kindnesses make life worth living.
And it is what makes us…us.
We need to hold onto this part of us.
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I challenge each other to make at least one other person’s or one other creature’s life better every dang day.
This could be as easy as picking up a piece of trash. Or holding the door open for someone. Or buying a 99 cent can of corn and putting it in the food bank donation box. Or leaving a previously loved book in the Little Free Library. Or putting a container of water out for the birds on a hot day.
We do this and we feel…human again.
We feel that the world is a little kinder because WE made it a little kinder.
And we realize or hope we’re not alone in this.
Hold onto your humanity, my friends.
(big hugs)
It makes you you.
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