Comments on: Make Their Day http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/09/make-their-day/ Barbara Winter's Joyfully Jobless Journal Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Claire Westwood http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/09/make-their-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Claire Westwood Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:24:51 +0000 http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/?p=1950#comment-1250 Randon acts of kindness are a great way to spread some love and joy around. You can do this anywhere as you have pointed out. Choosing your attitude is another strand of taking responsibility for yourself - your mood and how you come across to others - even if things are tough you can choose to do it with love and joy or with negativity and anger. I know which one will get better results! I have not been to Pike place but know the books and have visited a hospital ward in the UK where they have introduced this and it has transformed the nurses' and patient's experience! Claire Randon acts of kindness are a great way to spread some love and joy around. You can do this anywhere as you have pointed out. Choosing your attitude is another strand of taking responsibility for yourself – your mood and how you come across to others – even if things are tough you can choose to do it with love and joy or with negativity and anger. I know which one will get better results!

I have not been to Pike place but know the books and have visited a hospital ward in the UK where they have introduced this and it has transformed the nurses’ and patient’s experience!

Claire

]]> By: Dianne Charlton http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/09/make-their-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Dianne Charlton Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:05:20 +0000 http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/?p=1950#comment-1249 Barbara - This is my first post anywhere! My website is under construction and I'm excited about becoming an entrepreneur again. I love your Buon Viaggio section. Everything is so spot on and I just want to read more. However, on the subject of "Make Their Day". Terrific! I have been to Pike's Place Market many times and know what you mean. I stopped by the high school today to drop off a few logo items I'd purchased when my son was in school there but we never used. The lady behind the desk just about fell out of her chair when I asked her to see that the items got back to The Booster's Club and asked that they be given to any kids who couldn't afford them. Her smile was bright and so was mine! Barbara -

This is my first post anywhere! My website is under construction and I’m excited about becoming an entrepreneur again. I love your Buon Viaggio section. Everything is so spot on and I just want to read more. However, on the subject of “Make Their Day”. Terrific!
I have been to Pike’s Place Market many times and know what you mean.

I stopped by the high school today to drop off a few logo items I’d purchased when my son was in school there but we never used. The lady behind the desk just about fell out of her chair when I asked her to see that the items got back to The Booster’s Club and asked that they be given to any kids who couldn’t afford them. Her smile was bright and so was mine!

]]> By: Barbara http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/09/make-their-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Barbara Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:45:22 +0000 http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/?p=1950#comment-1246 Just got this lovely story from Maggy Whitehouse in response to the post today: Lovely stuff Barbara! We went to Pike Place just last Fall when we returned to Montana via Seattle and just loved the energy at the fish place. I once paid the last £5 for a lady's bill at the gas station as her card didn't work and she didn't have enough cash. The look on her face! But she got the idea of pay forward and I hope it helped her day along. It did mine - you can't help but be rewarded instantaneously by the joy of being able to offer genuine help. Just got this lovely story from Maggy Whitehouse in response to the post today:

Lovely stuff Barbara! We went to Pike Place just last Fall when we returned to Montana via Seattle and just loved the energy at the fish place.

I once paid the last £5 for a lady’s bill at the gas station as her card didn’t work and she didn’t have enough cash. The look on her face! But she got the idea of pay forward and I hope it helped her day along. It did mine – you can’t help but be rewarded instantaneously by the joy of being able to offer genuine help.

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