Book of Joy

I've decided I'm going ahead with my Book of Joy project.

This is the text I'm planning on putting on the first page:

Welcome to the Book of Joy!

Within these pages you should find stories of joyful moments and wonderful things in the lives of ordinary people.

After you've read the others, add your own joy. It can be a poem or a paragraph, a story or a drawing, or anything else you can think of that will fit in the book.

When you're done with your contribution pass the joy on. Think of someone who needs a little joy in their life, or someone who you know has a wonderful story they could share. The only rule is that you shouldn't send it back to someone you know has already contributed.

This will be on the last page:

The End

Now that the book is full, what should you do with it?

You could donate it to a local nursing home or hospital, or anywhere else that you think folks could use a little more joy in their lives. For other ideas email (whatever email address I set up for this project). If you come up with a good idea, send it in.

I'm planning on sending it out before the end of the month, and depending on what happens with the first one I may make it a monthly thing.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Book of Joy

I've decided I'm going ahead with my Book of Joy project.

This is the text I'm planning on putting on the first page:

Welcome to the Book of Joy!

Within these pages you should find stories of joyful moments and wonderful things in the lives of ordinary people.

After you've read the others, add your own joy. It can be a poem or a paragraph, a story or a drawing, or anything else you can think of that will fit in the book.

When you're done with your contribution pass the joy on. Think of someone who needs a little joy in their life, or someone who you know has a wonderful story they could share. The only rule is that you shouldn't send it back to someone you know has already contributed.

This will be on the last page:

The End

Now that the book is full, what should you do with it?

You could donate it to a local nursing home or hospital, or anywhere else that you think folks could use a little more joy in their lives. For other ideas email (whatever email address I set up for this project). If you come up with a good idea, send it in.

I'm planning on sending it out before the end of the month, and depending on what happens with the first one I may make it a monthly thing.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Sign Up List

The (current) plan is to start and send out one Book of Joy each month for the next year. I'll write one story and then send the book off to someone who signed up in advance.

If you're going to sign up you should have a rough idea what you're going to write and who you will send the book on to.

If you are interested please comment here. If you don't have an LJ you are still welcome to participate, but I'll need some way to contact you directly.

Edit: Please sign up even if you already said you were interested on one of the other posts (that keeps the whole list together). Also, if you'd like to request a specific month this is the place.

Sign Up List

The (current) plan is to start and send out one Book of Joy each month for the next year. I'll write one story and then send the book off to someone who signed up in advance.

If you're going to sign up you should have a rough idea what you're going to write and who you will send the book on to.

If you are interested please comment here. If you don't have an LJ you are still welcome to participate, but I'll need some way to contact you directly.

Edit: Please sign up even if you already said you were interested on one of the other posts (that keeps the whole list together). Also, if you'd like to request a specific month this is the place.

Sign Up List, addendum

Even if you said you were interested somewhere else, please comment on the sign up list. That keeps it all in one list, which will make this easier for me to manage.

Sign Up List, addendum

Even if you said you were interested somewhere else, please comment on the sign up list. That keeps it all in one list, which will make this easier for me to manage.