This weekend I went down to London to visit my sister. We traveled down to Southbank and were greeted by circus performers; they had painted red noses and were head to toe dressed in colorful garments. They encouraged us to sing and dance along with their accompanied band made up of brass instruments, and being one who dabbles in Punk Cabaret, Theatre and Circus, I was wildly amused by the whole scene - so I did dance and sing along. We stayed and watched for a little while, until they announced they were putting on a show, a magic show to be exact. It was wonderful. Children gathered and laughed along and it reminded me how important the essence of children theatre is, how performance like this can make their entire day. They gave the crowd a leaflet after the charming show, announcing they were a charity called The Flying Seagull Project who help disadvantaged children, the elderly, adults with learning difficulties, and marginalized groups of society through arts and performance.
They announced once giving out leaflets that they didn't want our money, they just wanted our smiles.
Our laughter.
To celebrate silliness.
On this year's Project For Awesome, I suggest you do the same. And also check out The Flying Seagull Project and their work.
I really, really would like you to smile. Infact, take a moment right now to just simply smile. Offer your cheesiest grin. Don't stop smiling until your teeth hurt. Smile.
Sometimes we don't have the money or the resources or even simply the motivation to help others. That's okay. We can help in other ways. Simply by flashing a smile to a stranger on the street, telling your friend a joke about puns, reminding a cashier to have an extra awesome day. Use your words, your smile, your warmth to decrease that World Suck.
It's not always about wallets.
Have an awesome day liking/favoriting/donating/spreading happiness/not forgetting to be awesome.
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