A "Wave of Appreciation" Party

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world, than for bread". Mother Theresa

You’re invited to a #Kindness Twitter Party!

Date: Sunday, January 25

Time: 5 - 7 (Eastern Standard Time) 2-4 (PST), 10-12 (GMT)

Place: http://twitter.com. (I'm at http://twitter.com/phyllismufson)

Everyone is invited.



All you need to do to attend is to share your appreciation.



Read someone’s bio, visit their links, read their Tweets, find something you genuinely appreciate about them, and write about it, and add #kindness to the end of your Tweet.



Do this as many (or many, many, many) times as you like.



Let’s create an unstoppable Twitterwave of appreciation.



Of course you don’t need to be on Twitter to attend. Just take the time to appreciate someone, look at them with appreciative eyes, listen to them carefully, and share what you see with them. Then notice the impact of what you said, on the person you said it to - and on yourself. It’s so simple, and so powerful.

“Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” – Scott Adams

Back Yard Bird Party

Excited by a recent visit of a hawk, I bought a bag of seed to attract more birds to our back yard. Since then it's been bird-party time all day long.

Check out their cute bird behinds and the little one with a beak full of snow (left side, big pot), and the fellow taking a snow-bath. (If you click on the photos they get larger.)
Here they are again, after the sun came out. Bill and I are really enjoying having these birds around. And it reminds me of the positive impact even a little decision can make on your life.


January 31 Update: Now what I've been feeding the birds for a few weeks, they wait for me to arrive and more come by - very cute. Above are some photos Bill took this morning. Enjoy!

These photos are all of sparrows, but we also see finches, mourning doves, and mocking birds. And of course the hawk who started it all. The Red Tailed Hawk sheltered in our yard during a snow storm. Here's a link to that photo - http://personaltreasures.blogspot.com/2009/01/back-yard-hawk.html.