Have Eric Speak To Your Group
Like what you're reading?
Interested in having Eric come and speak to your classroom, school, club, non-profit or company about Giving Time and Volunteering?
Other Ways To Contact Eric
-
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
Ways To Give Time
Meta
Tags
appreciation Children Christmas Community compassion Connections education family Family Volunteering Feedback friendship generosity gift of time give our time give time giving Giving Our Time giving time good neighbor center Goodwill gratitude helping others Helping Out Homelessness Hunger Inspiration Kindness Listening make a difference Making A Difference Needs Of Others Online Volunteering postaday2011 postaday2012 Reading Aloud To Your Kids running stories thanks Thank You Time Toastmasters Trash travel Volunteering Whitford Middle School
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Channeling Your Anger Into A Clean Garage
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” – Mark Twain Anger is a huge impediment to all that giving can give us. … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House
Tagged anger, channeling your anger, Children, cleaning, cleaning a garage, parental challenges, postaday2011
6 Comments
We Are As Happy As We Want To Be
“Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.” –Oscar Wilde I took a run in the rain the other day. There are two ways to describe it. It was a downpour. My new running gear … Continue reading
Traditional Giving And Meaningful Giving
“Tradition is a guide and not a jailer” – William Somerset Maugham The evolving nature of giving came to mind, as the kids and I played Settlers of Catan today, a game whose premise is society-building. In the past, our notion … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House
Tagged giving more, Giving Our Time, meaningful giving, postaday2011, tradition, traditional giving
Leave a comment
The Trip Has Ended But The Journey Continues
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end” – Ursula LeGuin Two empty gas cans lay on the ground. I found them as I picked up a little … Continue reading
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 364 – No One Is Required To See Santa Claus
“No one is required to see Santa Claus.” – The Conductor, The Polar Express “Christmas just doesn’t work out for me.” – Billy No one is required to see Santa Claus. We don’t have to give because someone tells us … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House
Tagged Choice, choices, Christmas, Goodwill, Polar Express, postaday2011, spirit of the season
Leave a comment
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 363* – Giving Conduits
“There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton, Vesalius in Zante Conduits are always moving but never move. Highways move goods across the nation. Pipes move life giving water. … Continue reading
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 363 – Life Is A Series Of Puzzles
“Our whole life is solving puzzles.” – Erno Rubik Life is a series of puzzles. At first, a life project is just a bunch of pieces jumbled together in a box. You can visualize a rough frame by putting the straight … Continue reading
Posted in In the community
Tagged giving, Giving Our Time, postaday2011, puzzles, working together
Leave a comment
