Where the Money Blooms…💚

Daily writing prompt
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?

WP, are you going to get me a million or something? 😂

Because honestly, I could put it to good use, and I don’t mean yachts or handbags. If I had a million dollars to give away, I wouldn’t hand it over to some boardroom charity with polished shoes and a marketing plan. I’d go straight to the quiet doers, the people who lift others up with no audience, no angle, and no expectation of applause.

I’d give it to the woman who checks in on her elderly neighbor every morning because no one else will.
To the man fixing up bicycles for kids who can’t afford them.
To the single mother still finding a way to pack a lunch and a smile.
To the artists, the dreamers, and the small-town misfits who pour light into the world even when they’re barely scraping by themselves.

I’d find the ones holding the line when life gets rough, the carers, the volunteers who sit quietly beside someone who’s hurting. I’d tuck envelopes under their doors with just a note: “You are seen. Keep going.”

Because I think the world changes in whispers, not roars, in hands that help, in hearts that notice, in tiny moments that don’t make the news but shift the balance of humanity just a little toward grace.

And if there was any left, I’d plant trees, save animals, and build a haven for anyone who’s lost their footing, a place with tea, music, and healing in the air. Somewhere you could sit down, breathe, and remember who you are.

A million dollars isn’t much in the grand scheme of greed, but in the right hands, it’s a revolution of kindness.

Message from Granny Frass:

“Well now, if money could talk, most of it would tell lies, but love, ah love, never needs a receipt. Spread it where it’s needed, pet, and don’t worry about the counting. Some treasures grow best in the dirt under your fingernails.”

Mae🧡


Comments

15 responses to “Where the Money Blooms…💚”

  1. All you need is LOVE! 💜

    1. Absolutely Tony 🧡 The best medicine, the truest compass, and the only thing that really lasts in the end.

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    Joey Jones

    ‘ In the grand scheme of greed’- clever!. You’re a good egg, Mae….err, I guess you still have envelopes to deliver? My doormat stands empty

    1. Ha ha! You spotted that one 😄 And yes, the envelope fairy is running a bit behind schedule, might have to outsource to Granny Frass at this rate! 🧡

  3. Quiet revolutions feel truer than headlines. The way this honours the neighbourly check-in, the fixed-up bike, the packed lunch – it lands. Granny Frass’ wisdom rings clear: let love do the accounting. Envelopes under doors, trees in the ground, a kettle on – tender, practical, enough. Thank you for this.

    1. That means so much, Bob. Thank you, as always 🧡 You’ve captured exactly what I hoped to share. Those quiet, ordinary moments are where the real change lives. Granny Frass would nod at your words, then put the kettle on and say, “Now that’s the kind of revolution I can get behind.”

  4. Mae, you and Granny Frass are my kind of people.

    1. Ah, that’s the best thing anyone could say Mags 🧡 Thank you! I’ve a feeling Granny Frass would’ve taken one look at you and said, “Aye, that one’s sound put the kettle on.” ☕ xxx

  5. What a wonderful post!

    1. Thank you so much Dawn! 🧡 I’m really glad it resonated, that means a lot.

  6. Sparks curiosity

  7. I’d be right behind you, spreading joy. 💞🙌

    1. Ah, that’s the spirit! 🧡

  8. Beautiful!

    1. Thanks Jean 🧡

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