CONT... Even in writing the first 400 love letters, I never thought I actually made a difference in the world. I couldn't believe that I was significant or that it mattered I was here. Little did I realize I was making a difference in the lives around me, not just letter by letter but small action by small action. Showing presence to another person. Answering the phone instead of texting. Holding the door open. Putting my words out into the world. These small things often seem too tiny to make a difference, but ripple effects come from a single action. Impact only needs one person to start touching dozens and dozens of lives.
Just yesterday, a young man in Australia tweeted that he had just left a love letter at his university. He sent me a picture. Not even twenty-four hours later, a woman named Ellen found that love letter and sent me back an email saying she had been dealing with feelings of doubt and sadness, and so the letter she found was the best thing she could read to make it better.
Sometimes it takes something as small as leaving a letter, doing a favor, or giving advice to create a ripple effect. Sometimes a ripple effect is waiting for you; you simply have to start.
Reprinted with permission. This article first appeared on PositivelyPositive. Hannah Brencher is a writer, speaker, and creator pinning her passion to projects that bring the human touch back into the digital age. After spending a year writing and mailing over 400 love letters to strangers across the world, Hannah launched The World Needs More Love Letters in August 2011—a global organization fueled by volunteer "letter writers,' now in fifty states and forty-seven countries.
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Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Best wishes for the holidays and new year.
Sincerely,
Kyle Proehl
Even in writing the first 400 love letters, I never thought I actually made a difference in the world. I couldn't believe that I was significant or that it mattered I was here.
Little did I realize I was making a difference in the lives around me, not just letter by letter but small action by small action. Showing presence to another person. Answering the phone instead of texting. Holding the door open. Putting my words out into the world. These small things often seem too tiny to make a difference, but ripple effects come from a single action. Impact only needs one person to start touching dozens and dozens of lives.
Just yesterday, a young man in Australia tweeted that he had just left a love letter at his university. He sent me a picture. Not even twenty-four hours later, a woman named Ellen found that love letter and sent me back an email saying she had been dealing with feelings of doubt and sadness, and so the letter she found was the best thing she could read to make it better.
Sometimes it takes something as small as leaving a letter, doing a favor, or giving advice to create a ripple effect.
Sometimes a ripple effect is waiting for you; you simply have to start.
Reprinted with permission. This article first appeared on PositivelyPositive. Hannah
Brencher is a writer, speaker, and creator pinning her passion to projects that bring the
human touch back into the digital age. After spending a year writing and mailing over 400
love letters to strangers across the world, Hannah launched The World Needs More Love
Letters in August 2011—a global organization fueled by volunteer "letter writers,' now in fifty states and forty-seven countries.