No matter how many ways you can describe the word thoughtfulness, it all comes down to one word—courtesy. Saying please when asking for something…saying thank you for a kind word or act…listening when a person speaks.
Melissa, one of my crafting friends, says thank you in a simple but amazing way. She sends boxes of handmade
cards to the troops. Our deployed men
and women are in areas where greeting cards are hard to come by. She makes her own as well as collects from
thoughtful crafters and sends thousands to Operation Write Home, which in turn
sends them overseas for the troops to send home to their loved ones.
Do you see the domino effect that the thoughtfulness of my
friend creates? Her actions cause others to thoughtfully join
in, which allows others to thoughtfully send out birthday greetings and get well wishes and
congratulations to family and friends back home. Thoughtfulness spreads love and good will
across the globe in an endless cycle!
Last year I sent Melissa over 200 handmade cards. This week I am sending her the cards shown here.
I've made and sent out two dozen - a good start to 2014. I help to make this world a better place by
a simple act of thoughtfulness for others.
You can too! Please check out www.OperationWriteHome.org for guidelines for making and sending cards for the troops.
Come play with us in the Path of Positivity Challenge blog this month! Show us what thoughtfulness means to you by linking your card, layout, altered art, writing, photography (really, the sky’s the limit here).
Our guest sponsor this month is Pickled Potpourri, AND THEY'RE GIVING A $7 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO A PERSON CHOSEN IN A RANDOM DRAW BASED ON ALL ENTRANTS.
Other prizes include:
Ten digital images from Creative Bug Digitals for the person out of the top seven who receives the most votes during voting week.
Three digital images from Ike's World for
the post or project that the DT deems most inspiring of the bunch.
One digital designer paper from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles for
one lucky voter who leaves a comment.
One digital sentiment for every single person who enters
the challenge from Décosse's
Dynamite Doodles as well.
Here is the full digital that I used in part for my canvas. Isn't it pretty? You can find it HERE:
Here is the full digital that I used in part for my canvas. Isn't it pretty? You can find it HERE:
3 comments:
This is fabulous Pat. I just love how creative your mind is. Making your thoughts her hair was such a brilliant idea and then to label the whole thing, 'penny for your thoughts', simply outstanding.
Thoughtfulness is such an easy thing for us to incorporate on a daily basis and something simple can mean the world to someone. I also completely agree that it creates a domino effect. One simple act can lead to dozens more! Thanks for a very thoughtful midway post!
Hugs,
Lisa
Very cool - I love how you did the journaling as her hair -so creative! Love the way you did the title too. Awesome and inspiring work Pat! Hugz!
That is really beautiful. I love how you made the words round her like that - a very thought provoking piece. Great that you sent all those cards to OWH too. Marvelous :-D
Thank you for using one of my images.
Hugz
IKE xxxxxxxxxxx
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