29 Gifts: How Giving Can Change Your Life
What if we could counteract some of the hatred in the world so often expressed in bitter words and acts of violence with LOVE?
Starting Feb 14th, I will officially join the movement called “29 Gifts”, where I will publicly share my journal entries of “giving from the heart” for 29 days.
For those unfamiliar, 29 Gifts is a book written by Cami Walker, whom after a month of being married to the man of her dreams learns she has multiple sclerosis. Shortly after this diagnosis, the MS starts taking a strong hold on Cami’s body and her mind. With worry, no sleep, a racing mind, a debilitating body, and a disheartened soul as the recipe she was experiencing on a daily basis, how can anyone get better, feel better, let alone heal?
It wasn’t until her neighbor/medicine woman Mbali introduces her with a new recipe to try called 29 gifts. The intention is to give something graciously each day for 29 days. She tells Cami that “by giving” her focus will be on what she has to offer others. “When you give with an open heart, you receive the profound gift of humility.” What unfolds for Cami during her month of giving graciously is truly amazing, heartfelt, and better than any medicine in the world.
Join me on this journey of gratitude…
Let’s come together in the spirit of giving. All you need is the intention and a pen so that you can journal your experience. You can also share it with others on “rosangelperez.com”, Facebook’s “The Gratitude Movement”, or the place where it all started… 29gifts.org.
Let’s stop denying humankind the love which they crave so deeply. Let us heal ourselves and others with love.
You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.
“All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” ~ Danny Thomas
“Why not embrace the spirit of giving with your own 29 days of kindness? ~ Oprah
“Wish it could be contagious… a love virus.” ~ My Spiritual Adviser Rosina Riley
Rosangel – You started me on tweeting one gratitude a day back in ’09 and now I’m going to follow you again on this journey! I, too, will give a gift a day for 29 days starting on February 14. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
Madelyn, this is all thanks to you for sharing the book with me.
See what you have inspired! It’s an honor that we will be sharing this journey as well. Namaste!