Tweetsgiving 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
I first heard about TweetsGiving over at MizFit. Check out her post on this.
"TweetsGiving is a global celebration that seeks to change the world through the power of gratitude. Scheduled for November 24 – 26, 2009, the 48-hour event created by US nonprofit Epic Change will encourage participants to express their thanks using online tools and at live events. In honor of the people and things that make them grateful, guests will be invited to give to a common cause at events held across the globe." Epic Change is a 501c3 US nonprofit that amplifies the voices and impact of grassroots changemakers by sharing their stories in ways that raise visibility and funds to support their extraordinary efforts to create hope in our world. More information is available at www.EpicChange.org.
From the MizFit post: "Bottom line? This is an easy one to participate in, People. Simply tell the world what you are most grateful for (in a tweet, a blog post, or at a Gratitude Gathering in your home/city) and if you can afford to DONATE IN HONOR OF THAT."
So, following MizFit's lead..... I am grateful for just being alive, having great family & friends that love me no matter what my crazy idiosyncrasies are & for being there for me no matter what. I am grateful for all you out there that support me & my ramblings!!! I am grateful for being healthy & fit & having muscles! I could not leave the muscles out!
Also, my sister sent me this great gift of giving & saying thanks to our soldiers:
I am off to UCLA today for another dental "thing". No work done today.. just a meet & they do a mold of my mouth. I still do not find out the "probs". That is the following appointment when it is presented by my dental student contact to her faculty/teachers. I will give you an update in a future post.
I first heard about TweetsGiving over at MizFit. Check out her post on this. "TweetsGiving is a global celebration that seeks to change the world through the power of gratitude. Scheduled for November 24 – 26, 2009, the 48-hour event created by US nonprofit Epic Change will encourage participants to express their thanks using online tools and at live events. In honor of the people and things that make them grateful, guests will be invited to give to a common cause at events held across the globe." Epic Change is a 501c3 US nonprofit that amplifies the voices and impact of grassroots changemakers by sharing their stories in ways that raise visibility and funds to support their extraordinary efforts to create hope in our world. More information is available at www.EpicChange.org.
From the MizFit post: "Bottom line? This is an easy one to participate in, People. Simply tell the world what you are most grateful for (in a tweet, a blog post, or at a Gratitude Gathering in your home/city) and if you can afford to DONATE IN HONOR OF THAT."
So, following MizFit's lead..... I am grateful for just being alive, having great family & friends that love me no matter what my crazy idiosyncrasies are & for being there for me no matter what. I am grateful for all you out there that support me & my ramblings!!! I am grateful for being healthy & fit & having muscles! I could not leave the muscles out!
Also, my sister sent me this great gift of giving & saying thanks to our soldiers:
XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL. If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them. This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you. Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank you's.
OK, now go read MizFit & the TweetsGiving site & join the "thankful". It only takes a little bit of time but it pays off HUGE in how you feel & how you help others! Also, send a thank you to our soldiers! Just a couple clicks can make the day for our troops abroad.
Want to help spread gratitude this TweetsGiving? Here’s five ways you can get involved now. Click on the link.
Also, read more gratitude quotes like the one below here.“Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.”
~ Edwin Arlington Robinson
I am grateful to have met you.
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Back at ya Carla!!!!
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Mizfit totally swooped in and stole my line. What a stealer.
But the giving of those cards is such a ballin' idea! I recently had a woman who is serving out east buy a copy of my book, how sick is that?!
As for being grateful... it's nice to be able to work from home and have people like Jody that I can bother on a daily basis. I mean shes 52 and she takes my shit... it's a big deal.
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FJ, totally back at ya & I love the challenge of keeping up with your "remarks"!!!
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I'm grateful life lessons that make me stronger and wiser. I may not like going through the lesson, but the end result is a better me. So I'm grateful for the process.
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Great cause, great idea! I love your Thankful list. Gotta work on one of my own now! Although I did already donate to a children's Christmas charity here
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Off to join the Tweetsgiving now - and to send a card the soldiers' way!
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Love this post! I will be joining you in tweetsgiving later today! Safe trip to LA.
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Jody - thanks for letting me know about this! I'm going to Tweet my thanks later today. There is so much that I'm thankful for that I can't even begin to list it all.
I'm glad LA Boxing got in touch with you. It seemed like a nice opportunity!
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Happy Thanksgiving, Jody!
Years ago, just before I got the Florida gig, I tried to get a job at the UCLA medical center! If I had, I would have helped you navigate the gauntlet, buddy!
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Josie/Yum Yucky.. what a true statement!
Charlotte, you have much to be thankful for this turkey day with that little bundle of joy!
Josie & Kat, thx for joining TweetsGiving!
Diane, you do so much already & we are all grateful for what you give back to us with your life lessons!
DR. J, sure wish you were with me at UCLA!!!!! That would be have been fun having you navigate me.. we both might be exercising our way thru it!
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Tweetsgiving is such a great idea ... I have SO much to be thankful for and that is definitely what this time of year is all about!
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Lesley, thank you for stopping by & I am going to stop by yours too! Have a great one!
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