“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”

-Mother Teresa

This quote holds so much of what I believe and try my best to live by (don’t get me wrong, I’m a constant work in progress) and is the inspiration behind the #spreadlove I use on my Instagram account.

The day before my dad’s birthday this year, my husband, best friend, her boyfriend and I hiked up to the Wisdom Tree here in Los Angeles. I hand stamped a skeleton key that said, “WARRIOR,” with a hand stamped tag that said, “sky above me, earth below me, fire within me” and left it in a box filled with letters and journals overflowing with experience and advice at the base of the Wisdom Tree. I accompanied the piece with a note,

Stranger, 

If you need me, please take me and keep me as a reminder of how beautiful and amazing you are and know that you can do anything. You’ve got this.

A few minutes later I checked back and saw that the jute bag and note were still there but the necklace was gone. Hopefully it went to a good home, to someone who needed it. I’ll never know for sure but I’d like to think it did. I’ll continue to leave pieces and gift what I hope are inspiring necklaces throughout LA- hoping to at least make the person who finds it or receives it smile and want to pay it forward by making someone else’s day. ❤