spread your smile: challenge 2

Yay!! Time for challenge 2. I know you’ve all been looking forward to it. And this one should be really great!

Today’s challenge is titled Positively Postcards (I’m sure by now you can tell I’m a big fan of alliteration). Any who, the concept is simple: you buy a postcard (or a few), write an inspirational quote on it, attach a small gift to the postcard (maybe a candy cane, a dollar, a drawing, a flower, be creative!), and then send it off into the world. You can hide it for someone to find at the library or pick a random address on Google Earth. The point of the project is to have fun and bring a smile to someone, somewhere, on any part of the planet.

There is one requirement, though, you must write this on the postcard:

To whoever finds this,

You have just received a postcard that is part of our random acts of kindness challenge, called Positively Postcards! It is now your turn to attach a gift and send this postcard off into the world again in whatever way you choose (hiding, mailing, etc.). You are also encouraged to make a new postcard of your own.

I hope you enjoyed finding this card and welcome to the project.

Share your story of finding the postcard at danielledoes.wordpress.com.

Sound good? Well start sending! It’s super easy and it can be a really cool and effective project. If you don’t want to buy a postcard or spend money on stamps, just make a postcard at home and then hide it anywhere you want. Don’t just read this post, think it’s nice, and then forget about it. Spread some smiles and send a postcard!

spread your smile: challenge 1

After trying to engage some of you with my own acts of kindness and inspirational videos, I’m now reaching out to you to join the movement!

Spread your smile: a challenge to motivate others with your  own experiences. Why? Because nothing inspires people like a good story! Each challenge will be different – maybe I’ll urge you to go out and hold the door for people or write your own snail mail to people that you really care about.

• Today we’ll start small. I want to know: what’s made you smile in the past couple of days? Was it a text from your significant other? I know you’ve all received that text that you just couldn’t help but smile at. You stare at the screen and instantly feel the corners of your lips rise. Maybe it wasn’t a text though. How about a voicemail from your mom? A great song on the radio or the fact that someone complimented your outfit?

Respond here with anything and everything. We want to hear about it!

Write & spread your smile.