I read this great email today from FlyLady about getting your house clean in 15-minute increments. By the way, if you haven't heard of FlyLady, I highly recommend her website, flylady.com. After I read the email, I started thinking, what else can I do in 15 minutes?
Well, let's see...
I can call a friend and chat
I can read an inspiring thought and share it with a friend
I can go for a walk with a friend
I can send someone a nice thank-you note
I can make a list of people I love and mail them each a card
(Ask me how I do that in 15 minutes!)
Basically, you can change your life in just 15 minutes! Imagine how happy and positive your life would be if you spent just 15 minutes every day making someone smile!
I recently made the commitment to send an unexpected card to someone I care about every day. Even though I forget to do this sometimes, it has been very gratifying to see the smiles on my loved ones' faces or hear their happy voices just because I took a few moments to say hello and tell each person how much I appreciate him or her. I have also noticed that since I made this commitment, I have started to search for people who might be in especial need of a smile and I have made new friends in the process.
People love to be appreciated and recognized, and the more lives you touch, the more blessed your own life will be. Try it and see what I mean! Listen to your heart and you will be guided to the people who will benefit the most from your kind words and deeds. Make someone smile today!
Your precious time is yours and yours alone. What will YOU do with 15 minutes?
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Jessica, you are right, interesting thoughts. Fifteen minutes doesn't take that much out of our day, I'm sure each of us spend more than that on trivial stuff each day.
And with SendOutCards, it can easily take less than 15 minutes to let someone know how well you appreciate them, put it in writing, they'll treasure your card for years.
Heidi
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