I have been part of many a crazy plan in my time. In recent months I have dubbed myself Steve Quixote, since I am always chasing “impossible” dreams and doing my best to fight evil windmills whenever I come across them. My success rate is not one that inspires Hollywood to make a movie out of my life, but it DOES tend to generate a fair amount of humor and convince most people I am completely off my rocker. Before I joined the idiot in this newest grand adventure, I created a Save the World Blog that has not exactly WOWed the masses. It may be too crazy an idea, or maybe I am just not the one to pull it off. That does not mean I won’t keep trying, but I am being realistic in my chances of going anywhere with it.
Yet this project, as extreme as it sounds, is not only totally doable, but based on the insane response we have received in just a week, definitely something people support. I was not sure how well the charity idea would take, yet within hours of us presenting it, we already had two people making pledges. Granted one was Mark, so that does not completely count, but I want to thank our first official pledge maker, for not only the support AND the pledge, but for the kind words she included when she made it. Not only did our blogging friend sweffling (stopping by woods) make the first pledge, but she also had this to say:
“WELL DONE. You are both truly an inspiration and just reading about your dream has given me strength for my own. Thank you.”
She pledged an amount per lb lost and per mile completed on the trail to her local Sheffield Animal Centre, and another flat amount to Global Mission Readiness (GMR) should we complete the whole hike.
No pressure there! 🙂
In one fell swoop, she put a whip to our back while at the same time showing us we have a chance of doing something good. Thank you!
Mark’s pledge was per lb lost by the time we hike, to go to GMR. Between the two of them we can almost but some coffee for a couple of the staff members at both charities at the moment. Of course we HAVE only been at it for a week! All in all I’d say that has been a pretty good start!
