A Letter & Invitation: Do Good During Covid

When we sit in darkness like this, we ask ourselves: what story is going to be told about this time of isolation, depression, financial despair & death?

How will you be part of that story?

Please add or send me your email to join us.

Full note in a longer thread:

When we sit in a darkness like this, we ask ourselves: what story is going to be told about this time of isolation, pain, depression, financial despair and death?

How will we be part of that story or add to the greater story of success out of it?

A group of more than 100 people have decided to join a mission to spread good, together. Each week we will use a very simple document to share ideas and others will elect to “co-sign” (join them in that idea of spreading good) or create their own to have others co-sign with them.

Thank you to those people already for raising their hand and being a spark of light.

It’s grassroots. It’s organic. It’s simple and possible.

When the world aches like this, it causes action within us. We can flounder in it and let it bruise us from within. We can bluff, feigning positivity but in a way that neglects the empathy for others who are hurting so sadly.

Or we can live in the heart of it.

That center looks like a combination of both: we see and feel the pain of others, but instead of just becoming a voyeur and critic, we act with solutions and cures. We open our heart with a warmness to rise up to aid in grief and combat the depression.

We don’t tolerate apathy as an excuse for pain that can be solved. It’s our goal to heal, to empower or to simply uplift. That’s what the mission of this movement should be. workers, nurses, doctors, students and much more.

Collectively, we are creators, artists, teachers, business owners, marketing experts, athletes, writers, media, models, actors, musicians, accountants, parents, philanthropic and social justice leaders, public safety workers, nurses, doctors, students and much more.

Think of the ideas that will come from this group! Think of the positive momentum we will sew into our world. The pain and heartbreak won't be in vain, because what comes from it will be fruit that changes all of us. If anything, the efforts will become a positive outlet for us

Please, if you feel compelled, add your email address to this thread or DM it to me: @jimmyspencerUN. Imagine if our efforts grow exponentially from these initial seeds.

Example of a just one of many ideas that anyone can co-sign and do with us:
With so many seniors in need of company, we could email our own specific letters — sharing our stories, current situations, jobs, life, etc—to be delivered to each person in a specific senior community.

We would target centers near our home communities and reach out with a template that I could provide, asking if a staff member there could print out the email and give it to seniors living there. The end of our letter would welcome correspondence back, creating a penpal scenario

Thank you so much for being part of this. And like I said, please invite others to join this group.

- Jimmy Spencer
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@JimmySpencerUN