The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,100 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people.
Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that for a long time now I have had a project in the back of my mind: a social project connected with the power of the arts to transform lives for the better. Having spent time in a hospital recently, a lot of things have become clearer to me: the power of human kindness, patience, compassion and above all, a little space to live your own life in.
I have been wondering, waiting and worrying, as I am wont to do, about the timing of such a project, the feasibility issues, the cost, the practical logistics, when I thought: ‘it might be now, or never’. So I took a chance, A risk, some might say. I took the plunge. I’m still not sure that it was the “right” thing to do, but perhaps I never will be, and anyway, I’m not sure that that is the important thing here.
The important thing is:
I did something. Not Nothing. And that means something.
I did it. Here goes. I said it.
St Andrews Smiles Better Facebook Page – An experiment in positive thinking
This project is extremely close to my heart. So many people have touched my life in different ways, that I find it very hard not to say Thanks every time someone does something nice for me. So I want to pass it on. Play it forward. Form my own “Karma Army” like Danny Wallace. Help local businesses succeed and create employment opportunities. Play music to people to cheer them up. Do random acts of kindness and smile at people I don’t know.
Thank you all for reading.
Love,
Jess xxxxxxxxxxx
Who, me?
Tea/wine/champagne…….
So spring has finally arrived properly up here in Fife, and I thought I’d choose a new theme for my blog to celebrate. Hope you like it! The background is this photograph of my viola’s ‘f’ hole, which is also on my business cards:
And here’s a link to Buzzfeed’s ’30 Happiest Facts of All Time’, just to make you smile (I think number 2 is my favourite!)
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