Day 196 – Good Deeds

I have my ways when it comes to giving. I believe in the old adage that giving should be done in private (for the most part). Of course, my passion when it comes to charity has always been to give on behalf of battered women so of course in the past when I have parties to collect for the basic needs of these women I have to let people know. But when I give to the homeless or donate to charity or something to that nature I really do not talk much about it – I just do it.

However, for the rest of this blog I will be incorporating some “good deed” intentions. Giving back is a major part of who I am as a human being and after careful consideration I believe that in this case, sharing that part of me on this blog will hopefully be powerful, inspirational and maybe even contagious. So for the duration of this blog, I will be coming up with some new ways of giving back and doing good deeds, other than the cause I support and my normal “giving” comfort zone.

So with that in mind, for my intention today I have decided to clean up the streets in my neighborhood as a good deed. Although where I live is beautiful and they do a stand up job of keeping the streets clean- the fact is, this is a tourist town and I am right in the heart of it. There are shops, restaurants, ice cream places and clubs/bars all around me- so it is what it is – people litter.

Tomorrow is trash day so everyone pulls their barrels out to the road to be collected in the morning by the trash collectors. So, I decided to put on a glove, grab a bag and help pick up around my area just in time for trash day. Well, who would have thought this would have ended up being fun. My mom came out to snap a few pictures and keep me company. As I was picking up the trash, I came across a broken, mangled and smashed flat pair of eyeglasses. I picked them up and just started cracking up! What the heck was the story behind these things??? We laughed as I made faces and pretended to put them on (um…yea…of course I didn’t let them touch my face- lol). Anyhow, after I was done I not only felt instantly rewarded but was in awe about the fact that anything done with the right attitude can be fun- yup….even picking up someone else’s trash to make this world - or at least your street – a better place! #HGAL