Doing something good

I've been thinking a lot lately (which as you would expect hurt quite a bit) about doing something good.

I don't mean being good, like not eating the 45th scone with cream and jam on, or making sure the car is clean, or not driving over the speed limit.

I don't mean doing something exciting, though it could be,

I mean doing something intrinsically good for both myself and fellow human beings, and I'm not looking to make a grand gesture (done that see Jogle) or give money by the bucket load (always heading towards being a bit short on that front, like everyone else).

So I had a thunk, and a think and rattled the old grey matter and thought what could I do, and then it struck me that I (we) had been through an experience that a lot of people had and that my actions at the time might help someone else if I shared them.

In 2005, as you may well know, we suffered through the pain of miscarriage and as a result I wrote a poem as a release from my personal pain. I wrote it for me totally selfishly and to get me through a particularly rough time and never considered it for any other purpose.

So having done my thinking I have sent my poem to the miscarriage association, the website details of which are shown below and they have considered it worthy of publishing, (see the support section). I've looked on the website and can safely say that they do a brilliant job with little or no recognition,(I certainly wasn't aware of their existence).

My thought for today though is whatever you can do, even if it is merely helping an elderly person across the road (of course ask them if they wish to cross first) please do it, you never know who you might help or how someone will benefit, but I do know that it makes you feel good!

www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk