Tuesday Music Video

Thanks to my friend Jen for sharing this meaningful video for today.  This is how I want my 2014 to look- not a typhoon, mind you- but finding more ways to help others.

Have a great night tonight, enjoying your family and friends!  See you on the flipside of 2014!

In harmony,

Leslie

Donating and staying on a budget

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Have you been thinking about donating to charities or food banks for the holidays?  My family and I always do this time of year.  We usually donate time at our church's nativity festival, help at Momma's Hands, and do a family service project.  Sometimes our family service project is in secret and other times we can't be incognito because of the nature of the service.

Here are some of our past family service projects during the holidays:

1. Vacuum/clean out car for a busy mom

2. Make blankets for a women's shelter

3. Donate money to the food bank

4. Pick a name off of giving tree and buys gifts

5. Bought a Christmas tree and delivered secretly to family in need

This year we don't know what we are going to do.  This year we'll need to do more of the free route- meaning giving of our time.  I really enjoyed this blog's direction of giving and donating at this time of year.

If you have suggestions on what our family should do this year for our family, please leave a comment.

In harmony,

Leslie

p.s. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours tomorrow

Thanksgiving and Giving and Legacy

Boss Moss and I have been thinking about giving a lot lately.  But, first we've been really pondering Thanksgiving- not the holiday, but the action!

Giving thanks isn't always easy.  Ok, sure, people do it for days, even a year, on facebook.  It seems easy and can be easy to write down.  But, how Thankful are we.  Do we stop buying mindless crap, and give that money instead to someone else?  Do we hug our kids a little more and bless each day that they are alive? Do we erase 1 mindless thing we do with our time and replace it with something meaningful? (For example, take away one 30 min. tv show and spend that time giving service).

This isn't meant to be preachy...we've just changed our thinking and actions lately.  We've cut out a few things and WOW has it freed up time and we don't miss that surplus activity that didn't really matter.

Have you ever tried to change your routine?  Have you found more meaning being Thankful + Giving?

I love the above video.  I like how the lady was real at first- she said Giving for her didn't mean much until she put a purpose label with it.

At our house, we are trying really hard to change ourselves into Givers, not takers.  We also want to be Thankers.  In my mind, I think this is how you start the process of creating a legacy.  Legacy making takes time, action, and thought.  They aren't easy to do.  But they are worth it.

What did you think of the video above?

In harmony,
Leslie