Originally Posted by KvonNJ
With all the troubles in the world, all the disasters, all the hardships... with all the people here who may be in trouble or need right within our own Sangha, with all the needs one finds on a simple walk or drive to work every day, how hard is this really?
May I propose something really simple? Since it's hard, in our situation, to coordinate an effort between Japan, America, Denmark and London... How about if we came up with uniform business cards or something... something with the Treeleaf name, web location and logo on it, and next time one of us makes a donation, large or small, or performs a service, or random act of kindness, or simply leaves a tip at a restaurant or a card in a suggestion box, instead of doing it ourselves, leave a card and do it in Treeleaf's name?
We could EASILY set up a standard card to be reprinted by anyone right here on the site, and then, instead of trying to herd cats rom all over the world with a single intention, we could have a single intention working in all directions all over the world. The cards would make us more mindful, even just carrying a few to do something with would call our attention to giving, and their use would give our Sangha a single direction, wherever and however we might use them.
Just an idea, a possibility.