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I helped a friend undergoing cancer treatment by driving her to her appointment. She gave me a token.
It was the day before Lockdown in Germany. I went to an awesome but tiny concept store to get Christmas cards and little things for my daughter. I love that little shop and wanted to spend my money especially there since everything was closing down for several weeks. As I was paying the owner and I talked about gratitude and privilege in times of a global pandemic. I mentioned a phrase I once heard: "We're all so full we think we're empty". The shop owner looked at me and thanked me for this short sentence, saying it says it all. As I paid she repeated: this sentence changed her day in a positive way because if talking about freedom and fairness in a global crisis - nothing else has to be said. The sentence says it all. So she took one of your tokens out of a bag and thanked me once again. I was very touched by this conversation and I love the idea of bonding through positive actions.
The shop owner explained the rules. I will pass this token to somebody who impacts me. I promise. Thank you for this project - it definitely lit up my day I received a token from a girl name Traci; she's a cancer survivor we had a conversation about how to stay strong, things to do that could help, etc, etc and that's when she gave me the token because as she state "I needed to hear this, thank you for lifting me", she told me about what this is and I though how awesome is this, it sure made me feel special when I got this.
I work with cancer patients and I would love to receive some of this tokens to lift their spirit too. A beautiful and kind woman sat next to me on a plane while having a panic attack she said will you breathe with me? I was still anxious and it was an 8+ hour flight but she was a great friend and kind human being and it made me want to be a better person.
I teach a Zumba Gold class. I take great care to make sure all my students are happy and having a good time . The person I received the token from is is a new student . She was grateful to having vine and participated.
I was in Trader Joe's wearing a shirt that says "Black Lives Matter" in large print and a woman told me she liked my shirt. Then a few minutes later we crossed paths again and she gave me a token. The tokens are such a sweet idea! I also want to note, however, that as a white, cis, straight person trying to be an ally in this world, I don't expect to be thanked - or think any of us should expect thanks - for doing a small thing toward addressing the injustices of the systems that benefit me and disadvantage others...but thanks for the token! I will pass it on.
I was raising some awareness for a group of people how they could help the earth instead of being a burden. The earth is created from the same elements as every human being, so imagine the difference of trampling her or being carried by her unconditional love. At the end a participant handed me a token to say thank you!
-Hans This morning I saw a woman stop and pick up some garbage--a pizza box and some cups-- from the bike lane as she crossed 1st ave. She was so stylish--it was really something to see her going out of her way to do a nice thing on her way to work. So I pulled over on my bike and dug through my bag for one of your most awesome tikkuntokens--handed it to her--and thanked her for making the world a better place. She was touched by the gesture.
And my son likes to carry tokens. It helps us both look for the good. A customer gave me one of these tokens for being patient and welcoming while taking a very large order at a local café I work at, it made my entire week and she told me I could order some of my own so I just placed an order! I can’t wait to help make the world a little bit happier and better :) I love this idea.
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