As part of her personal mission to try to bring some unexpected cheer to her neighbors, UK-based Zoe Green—who goes by the moniker Pea Green Girl—got up at 5 one April morning, or what she calls “Happy Street Day”, to decorate her entire street.
Along Shelbourne Road, she hung balloons at a bus shelter, post-box and telephone booth; stuck Post-Its with encouraging messages on a telephone pole; and pasted a “Good Morning!” sign along the bridge so that people who drove under it could see the greeting.
Green’s little project aimed to inspire people, and it must’ve brightened up someone else’s day—and it was her tiny step to changing the world, one smile at a time.
“I don’t intend to change the world, but I know that if you brighten one person’s day, they are highly likely to brighten someone else’s day,” she wrote on her blog.
If you left your house one morning and walked down the street to find it filled with lovely signs and motifs, won’t you feel like nothing could get you down?
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- Posted by Anthea Quay
- Dec 30, 2013
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Readers Comments
livinginiowa wrote: Your idea is contagious! I challenge all of our kindspring family to choose a day in april and dedicate the day to "happy street day! Then share your story.
Rajni Gohil wrote: Great idea to make someone's day. Thanks for sharing this nice inspiring idea.
Pam wrote: What an absolutely lovely idea! Many people in my neighborhood have low incomes, and i think this would be a really nice way to tell them they are appreciated and to help them smile a bit! I am going to do this when the weather warms up a bit!
virgl wrote: This is so great! Thank you for sharing! :)
virgl wrote: This is so great! Thank you for sharing!
cinnamonhead wrote: That was an awesome thing to do, thank you for sharing!
roja wrote: I love this idea. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful idea with photos.
raj wrote: Great idea. Will implement too
muskaan wrote: We should not only read but also be of this type!
Adele wrote: I am inspired!
Tomorrow morning i am going to decorate all the bus stops, benches, phone boxes and gates along my route to work. Little smiley faces, hand crafted cards, mini packs of sweets (candy) and balloons should do it! :) i am so excited now. I needed a way to get my head in a happy place and now i have it!
Tomorrow morning i am going to decorate all the bus stops, benches, phone boxes and gates along my route to work. Little smiley faces, hand crafted cards, mini packs of sweets (candy) and balloons should do it! :) i am so excited now. I needed a way to get my head in a happy place and now i have it!
