$1.86

$1.86 is what it took to inspire me recently.

I got the mail one day after school and was heading home with it. Kendall was in the car with me, and for some reason wanted to know what we had. A mix of bills and junk mail, but one envelope with ASPCA written on it caught her eye.

She grabbed it, opened it, and was asking what it was for. I explained this was a way that the organization raised money to care for animals and lots of groups do this. She kept the envelope and its contents and disappeared when we got home.

She apparently raided her purse, grabbing out her change. She’d just spent some allowance on a few stuffed animals, and had a little bit of money left. She packed it up in the envelope, and with a generous application of tape all over, sealed it up.

She was happy to help the animals, and a couple days later I had her put it in the mailbox, sending her donation off.

I’m proud of her, and it’s refreshing to see my kids thinking of something more than just the next toy they want. It’s an inspiration to think beyond ourselves.

Distributed Security

I hadn’t heard about the bomb scare this past weekend in NYC until late last night. I saw the story and investigation continuing this morning. What’s interesting to me, and inspiring, is how many people have been helping, and how quickly there is information coming in.

And how someone stepped up and reported something immediately, instead of walking away.

My guess is the police field calls like this regularly. I’m not sure about constantly, but probably regularly. However it’s good that people in the US are still looking to protect others, and they do report things like this.

Inspires me to keep my eyes open, even as I’m sad that we need to.

No Business

I've been slack about writing on this blog lately, mainly because life has been so busy. My day job, and a lack of work in the side business, has resulted in a lack of inspiration and ideas for this blog.

However I have a few thoughts on items that have come up lately and I'll try to get some things down here soon.

Inspired by this World

That's what this blog is, a place where I can post observations, thoughts, and inspirations from the world around me.

This is an amazing place, and I write often about it on my other blogs, but I wanted a place where I can post things that inspire me, that might not fit on another site.