We don't always succeed.
Sending Love can be so hard, when the world can sometimes seem so mean.
But it's not a failure, when we are unable to send Love.
What matters is that we try.

You do them, I do them, we all are guilty of small meannesses.

As I walked out the door to go to school, my parents used to say: Do Right! That was the beginning of this work, for me. I used to wonder: How do we Do Right? What do we do and how do we feel when someone does not Do Right?

Small meannesses can be turned into Large Love, but first you have to notice when you do them, or they’re done to you. We can acknowledge our own power to shift the focus by opening our hearts rather than closing them. And, by finding greater and greater compassion in our own souls, all of us will be enriched.

This is not grandiose thinking. It is very, very small intentions guided by a loving Creator. When you are near a small meanness, send Love.

Small Meannesses. We know them when we see them.
And we know them when we feel them.

This person felt the meanness, and then felt the Love, and then. . . . let the meanness go.

What do we do with all the anger we carry around with us?

Photos (and support!) courtesy of Ron Kage

The Small Meannesses Postcard Project: You are  invited to participate in a shared experience in the power of Love.

Rudeness, impatience, ridicule . . . Maybe a guy gestures angrily from his car, or a woman cuts in line at the post office -- no big deal, right? I disagree. These are all small meannesses. We see them everyday. 

My name's Mary, and I say let's pay attention to them: Maybe Love can melt their icy hearts. The next time you observe a small meanness, quietly, silently, and sincerely send Love to the offender -- invisible, pure Love. That's it.  There's no need for any interaction. Later, describe your experience on a postcard, and send it anonymously to Small Meannesses, 4150 Celery Bay Drive, Traverse City, MI 49686.  Anything you want to write is fine, anything at all -- even if you feel the experiment didn't work. You may artistically decorate your postcard. They will be photographed and shown here, and on www.macgowanarts.com