Friday, February 17, 2012

Pay It Forward: You Can Kick Rocks OR...

...or you can send a message. 

When the opportunity presents itself, do you choose to see beautiful? Find beautiful? Create beautiful? Or, do you kick it to the curb? We're here hoping you see beautiful. Instead of kicking rocks, you can pay it forward and use them for good.


REWIND: About a month ago we were completely inspired by 14-year-old, Miranda, and her inspiration to write kindness in the sand. Miranda's grandmother, Sue, sent us the picture of See Beautiful in the sand and something special happened; we realized how simple it is to offer another person a smile by leaving a kind note in nature. It's so simple - the act of sharing a kind, loving message with others. See beautiful. You are loved. Thank you. Taking seconds out of our day, we can transform another person's completely.

This was from Miranda (full post featured HERE):

And then this wonderful portrayal of seeing beautiful rolled in from the beautiful Lindsay, at Our View from Wien (full post featured HERE):


Upon seeing this, beautifully talented Megan Silianoff at Greetings From Texas sent us this:


PRESENT MOMENT: And the snowball (or sandball) of seeing beautiful rolls onward, hopefully gaining momentum. These wonderful people who seek to share more beautiful in the world did so unprompted and from a wonderful place in their hearts. We believe this focus and kindness merits more than a simple blog post. It merits a standing "home" on our blog. It deserves great discussion from a bigger audience and a formal invitation to all to go create opportunities for others to see beautiful in nature.

Where can you leave a message that leaves others smiling? We created a new tab on See Beautiful (just look up to our tabs) where we'll add any picture you send us of the message "See Beautiful" left in nature (or somewhere more formal if you wish). If you have a link you'd like us to use to link back to you, include it in the email you send us with a photo of your kind note attached. How many places and ways can we leave a natural message to all to find more beautiful in themselves and the world?

Oh, goodie, goodie, gum drops! We can't wait to see all the ways beautiful people will leave beautiful messages! Speaking of gum drops...they'd be great for spelling...we just won't leave that message lying around in the woods.

Spell it anywhere. Share it anywhere. The more beautiful you see, the more beautiful others see.

*If you'd like to contribute a photo of your "See Beautiful" message, simply email the photo as an attachment to lcrissmays@seebeautiful.com If you have a link to a blog or website you'd like us to include to link back to you, please include that in the email.

Happy seeing beautiful!
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Are you looking for a tangible reminder to see beautiful, or know someone who needs one? Check out our See Beautiful products (and feel good knowing a portion of proceeds from every purchase is donated to charity. This month a portion of all proceeds will be donated to Somalia and American Funds for Education or S.A.F.E.). Click HERE.   

19 comments:

  1. This is a brilliant idea.  How amazing would it be if people all over the world starting doing this everyday :)

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  2. They are so many places, so many ways we can share beautiful with others. May we continue to share the love - Happy See Beautiful day my friends! 

    Marie@http://heartintransit.blogspot.com/ 

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  3. Golden LOVE it! Will plan to do this soon ... Golden Thanks for sharing.  Happy Seeing Beauty. Lots of Golden LOVE n Woofs, Sugar

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  4. Excited to try and come up with something even more original! Stayed tuned y'all! And Happy Seeing Beautiful! =)

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  5.  Ah, I have no doubt your brilliance will lead to even more awesomeness. Happy seeing beautiful!

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  6.  Thanks, Sugar! You and your mom are so creative! I have no doubt you'll think so something so cool. You already share lots of opportunities with others to see beautiful by simply being you!

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  7.  Beautifully put! There are infinite possibilities for making the world a better place. There's beautiful around every nook and cranny. Happy seeing beautiful!

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  8.  Oh, thanks so much Anna! It would be the coolest if this message could spread like crazy! Feel free to share it somewhere and send us a picture so we can link back to you. We know you're creative since we read your blog. ;) Happy seeing beautiful!

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  9. I SEE YOU!!!! You are BEAUTIFUL and I have known that FOREVER!

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  10.  You are beautiful too. Known it my entire life.

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  11. Oh I am soooo all over this.  Today I will join with my buddy Bert and I hope Murphy too and we will leave the beautiful along our hike.  What a wonderfully simple thing that can bring joy.
    Blessings,
    Goose

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  12. Love this. So many beautiful ways of Seeing Beautiful. Thanks for your message and reminding us to see beauty in so many different ways.

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  13. This is beautiful!!!  Love the idea!!
    xo
    Jeanne

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  14. Love these sweet ideas. Thanks for sharing. I am a new follower visiting from Happy hour Projects. Vicky from Mess For Less 

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  15. I absolutely love this idea! Leaving a beautiful message behind to inspire and support strangers. Can't wait to see the See Beautiful messages (and maybe even make one of my own). 

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  16.  Thanks, Jeanne! You're seeing beautiful in lots of ways on your blog. I'm sure your pups have some creative ways to spell See Beautiful. ;)

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  17.  Aw, thanks so much, Becky! I have no doubt your creativeness and kindness spreads the see beautiful message on a regular basis. Happy seeing beautiful!

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  18.  Thanks so much, Katie! Oh, we'd love for you to make one of your own. With your creativeness I'm sure it would be awesome and leave many others smiling.

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  19. Great collection of photos. Thanks for visiting me, I'm following back on LF now! xo caroline

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Thank you for sharing your thoughts & helping others see beautiful too!