For Day 11 of a Day of giving I took the Vow. My gift is a vow of peace and non-violence.

I am number 12442 to take the vow.

From  itakethevow.com:

“First, close your eyes and put your awareness in your heart. You can easily focus on someone you love, and feel that love building in your heart, when you feel full of love, ask your self honestly and seriously if you are willing to commit to a vow of nonviolence, in your speech, your thoughts and your actions.

A vow is a sacred commitment from which there is no going back.  It is like a child that is born, who cannot return to the womb.

By committing to the vow, you also agree to have at least two people in their  lives take the vow.

Are you seriously committed to bringing about a world of peace, harmony, laughter and love by taking this vow and getting two people to join you?

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I would also like to honour the person who passed the vow on to me, I first learned of the vow from my friend Gypsy, thank you Gypsy for passing the vow to me.

It was a big gifting day for me. I had accumulated a _lot_ of clothes that either no longer fit, or suited, me. I had been putting off dealing with it because my original plan was re-sell ebay and/or consignment, maybe garage sales. This year though is going to go a little different for me since I’ve decided to undertake this giving project.

So, I had three girlfriends coming by today for us all to go thrift shopping (so I know they don’t mind second hand clothes) I know I have a wack of stuff within their size ranges. So together myself and my first guest to arrive dragged the heaps and heaps of clothes out of the garage out where they could sort through it. I managed to gift away 4 big bags overflowing with clothes. It feels good that some of my favorite clothes that would make me feel so good in the past are going to be worn and loved by someone else. I had some great vintage pieces, some fetish wear, some nice lingerie, corsets, lots of clothes.

I still have a lot of clothes left, if anyone wants to come sift through the big pile, let me know soon, because I’m going to start freecycling the rest soon.

Hmmmm, maybe I should have one of those parties where everyone brings all the clothes they don’t want and we all look through one another’s stuff… any takers on a ‘clothes exchange’ party?

I also gifted some make-up kits I had, and I got to paint the face of a pretty girl.

I think I was able to give a few gifts in the way of supporting some people I care about emotionally today though that were even more significant than pretty dresses and lacey and satiny corsets.