Turning things around - Random Act of m.a.d (making a difference) No. 103

I've been down in the dumps for days after someone broke in, ransacked and burgled my place. It's not the goods I am upset about losing, rather the content on them - in particular my year's work on a bush about, and for, Black Saturday bushfire victims.

After little sleep, much upset and a whole lot of soul searching, I have been trying to find a way to make myself feel better.

It finally struck me. The way I have always felt good is by doing things to make other people feel good. So I am about to embark on an ongoing journey of committing Random Acts of m.a.d. (making a difference).

It's a m.a.d.woman project I started last year with my team, where we went out and did things including giving flowers to strangers in the street, leaving behind my little Random Acts of m.a.d. card.

From today, I'm starting again and I plan to do at least one Random Act of m.a.d. every day until I feel better, and then keep on going.

This social experiment was designed in the hope that people might pass the card on to someone else and do a Random Act of m.a.d. of their own.

I'm kicking off today with Random Act of m.a.d. No 103. I've attached it to a copy of one of my books, How to be m.a.d. (making a difference) with a nice ribbon and plan to put it in the mailbox of a house further down my street.

It may be close to home, but it's a start...