Approximately 6 months on over 15,000 views later, Dont be sad blog is broadening it’s horizons. Will you be part of this change? Dont be sad is urgently looking to form a team to shape the future of the blog. Whatever your skill or talent please do get in touch and take advantage of this opportunity.
If you would like to take up this challenge, email with:
A little about yourself
Why you’d like to join the team
What skills you can offer the team
First time bloggers are encouraged, although it would be useful to see some examples of your work so far. This is a volunteer project.
When was the last time you did something nice for your mother? If anyone is deserving of acts kindness, it is mothers. This wonderful list which is adapted from Sound Vision (where you can find the original article containing 10 ideas) should act as some inspiration.
1. Give your mother a vacation…
Don’t think Hawaii. Think of a day away from the kitchen. Or the home. Give her a vacation from the home where for her, most of the seemingly endless housework is done daily. Or, if she doesn’t want that, start doing your share around the house. Maybe you could start giving her one day of the week off, when she does no cooking or household chores. Remember, fathers and husbands work hard at the office, but they get a two-day weekend in most cases. Mothers usually don’t even get a full day off. And if they are also working outside, it’s like two full time jobs.
2. Try beating your mother’s cooking…
While most mothers ask their children what they want to eat, turn the tables around and do the same for her. Is there special food your mother likes? Buy or prepare that food for her (if you are not the best of cooks, maybe it’s safer to just buy it).
3. If your mother is a bookworm…
If so, buy a small cabinet and buy all of the books you can afford. Then take it to her home and set it up for her. If you can’t do that find her a book she would enjoy and surprise her.
4. Is your mother in a nursing home…
If your mother is in a nursing home, why not plan to bring her home for a weekend visit to stay with you. Even better, why not make this a weekly, or twice a month set up, so you can spend more time with her and she can be around those who really love her more often? Of course the ultimate gift will be if you can liberate her from that nursing home so she can stay in her room in your own home.
5. If mother is not alive…
If your mother is not alive, visit her relatives and friends and ask what you can do for them. This is a practical way to honour her memory.
Cut out kindness is a new project as part of the Random acts of kindness here at Dont be sad in close collaboration with exzede of wizdompath.
The idea is simple.
Cut-outs have inspirational and motivational quotes about kindness from a broad range of people. We have a number of cut-outs and we hope to share them in regular posts. All you have to do is cut and paste it to your blog or print it and paste it anywhere you please. The emphasis is on sharing and the aim is inspiring people to act kindly.
Periodically, a Cut-out kindness sheet will be produced with the cut-outs for easy printing. The first cut-out will be posted shortly.
