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This particular gift traveled from an artist in Astoria, Oregon, through a friend, to a bee booth in California, and into the hands of a delighted stranger. And then, on Saturday, I actually got to watch another ripple travel. My friend Mary is a wonderfully gifted artist. She creates beautiful cards that are sold in a gift shop in Astoria, Oregon, and 100% of the proceeds from her cards are donated to the Assistance League of the Columbia Pacific, serving children in need. M

Most of the time, we never know what happens to the little bits of goodness we leave behind. Remember the Hobbit Tree? There was one more chapter waiting for me. I was hiking the trail with my friends John, Sharon and Vicki. John knew nothing about my Hobbit Tree adventure. He didn’t know about the little yellow gratitude rock I had tucked inside it. As we passed, I simply said, “Ah, look at that beautiful madrone tree.” John walked over. Then he bent down and looked inside.

Sometimes the smallest acts become part of something much bigger than we imagined. My daughter Ali and I spent Saturday volunteering with Urban Bee Lab at the Menlo College Art & Wine Festival. There we were, wearing our blue bee shirts, talking with people about pollinators, biodiversity, and the small things each of us can do to help. And I kept thinking about how much of life works exactly this way. One person plants something. Another person teaches something. Someone els