Smile Cards at the Farmers Market
Handing out SMILE cards at the Farmers Market was a big success. It was a fun way to engage people in talking about things that mattered. I linked the idea to building community spirit and reducing fear of one another in general. As I spoke with people, they usually responded with a moment of perplexity, but then caught on to what I was getting at, and it was wonderful to hear responses. Many people told me of their on-going acts of kindness and their interest in passing along the card. Some expressed worries over the state of the world, and agreed we need more love and kindness to start environmental, social, economic, and individual healing. The biggest change probably happened in me, however, as I had four hours of putting myself "out there" for the ideas of love, kindness and sharing, and that meant I needed to do some serious listening, and modeling ... Read Full Story >>
- Posted by beth.gehred
- Dec 9, 2014
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