{"id":1172,"date":"2009-11-11T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:42:35","slug":"day-17-pay-it-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/day-17-pay-it-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 17: Pay it forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I\u2019m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Day 17: Give someone a gift that reminds you of your gratitude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\">Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\"><em>~William Arthur Ward<\/em><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1173\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/how_8019_wrap-gift.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1173\" title=\"wrap-gift-200X200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wrap-gift-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"wrap-gift-200X200\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wrap-gift-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wrap-gift-200x200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wrap-gift-200x200-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/wrap-gift-200x200-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Need help with wrapping your gifts of gratitude? Click here for gift-wrapping pointers from eHow.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThis week I am looking for ways to share the things I&#8217;m grateful for. I guess that&#8217;s like the gratitude golden rule? Or paying it forward?<br \/>\nUsually I advocate choosing gifts with the recipient in mind &#8212; what would he or she really like?<br \/>\nThis is a twist: giving gifts to others to help remind me what I am grateful for. Not that I won&#8217;t still think of whether the recipient will like the gift, but I&#8217;m starting from my own gratitude then seeking a good receiver for it.<br \/>\nFor example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am grateful I got a good education at Central Michigan University so I will make a donation to the journalism department there<\/li>\n<li>I am grateful my colleague, Jay, often treats me to a latte so I&#8217;ll be sure to return that favor<\/li>\n<li>I am grateful for homecooked meals in our cozy apartment so I recently cooked up a storm for an impromptu Sunday night dinner party to share a homecooked meal with friends. I&#8217;ll be looking to do that again soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re broke, remember gifts don&#8217;t have to be extravagant or expensive. How about giving away a book or CD you already own? Or giving the gift of your time or talents?<br \/>\nLooking for inspiration to get you started on the gift-giving path?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you&#8217;d like to make a donation inspired by something you love, Charity Navigator evaluates their efficiency and effectiveness to make sure your money does what you hope it will. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitynavigator.org\/index.cfm?bay=search.results&amp;overallrtg=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here is a list of their four-star charities.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cami Walker&#8217;s book <em>29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life. <\/em>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.29giftsbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">29 Gifts <\/a>to read about how gift giving wasn&#8217;t just good for the recipients but transformative for Cami.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IdH8xZ6eer8]<br \/>\nI&#8217;m also really grateful every time I open our mailbox and find a hand-written letter, so I can combine today&#8217;s pay it forward exercise with yesterday&#8217;s plan of <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/10\/day-16-saying-thank-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sending thank you letters<\/a>. It&#8217;s a two for one!<br \/>\n<strong>What do you love that you can share with someone else? Have you felt more gratitude when you&#8217;ve given a gift to someone else?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading up to Thanksgiving, each day I will blog about what I\u2019m doing to be more grateful. I invite you to join me, and to share your thoughts, observations, suggestions and ideas. 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