Just do it!

I run a small business via Facebook. I don't really make much money at it, but it pays for itself and I enjoy it. I think every stay-at-home-mom needs some sort of "out" and my business is mine. I started this business almost 2 years ago. When I started it, Facebook was set up so it was easy to get my page out there and in to a lot of news feeds so I could gain fans quickly. In the last year and a half or so, it has become harder, but, fortunately for me, I already had a large fan base when the changes were made. I think I currently have around 2500 followers. Now, obviously not every one of my followers buys from me, but that is potentially 2500+ people that I can reach via Facebook news feeds.

I do have a point in explaining all of this. Over the last few years I have had the opportunity to help out a couple of family members when crisis has struck. I have been able to host benefit auctions on my Facebook page to help raise money for these families. Because I have such a large fan base on my page, I have the unique ability to reach a large group of people all over the country that wouldn't be reached otherwise.

None of this is being shared to pat myself on the back. Really, it isn't me that has done all of the donating of items, bidding, and giving to people I don't even know. The response has always been so overwhelming. I have discovered, through these auctions, that people are generous and giving.

I once again have the opportunity to host an auction. This time it is to help the family of a friend from college. Her mother has had some serious medical issues and no insurance. I have never met her mother, but as soon as I started reading on Facebook about the situation, I knew I have been blessed to help in a unique way. It took me a couple weeks before I decided that hosting another auction was something I needed to do. I worry that my fans will think I am always asking for donations for something or other. Or that they will get tired of the "sob stories" that I share about the families in need. Or that they might start to think that I am scamming them, which I, of course, am not. I worried about all of these things and more, but then I remembered something that I had heard in church. Whenever you get the idea to do or say something good, it might come from you or it might come from the Holy Ghost. Either way, it is a good thing and you should do it!

So, that is what I am doing. I am doing something for someone else, without worrying what others may think. All that matters is what I think and what my Heavenly Father thinks.

Next time you have a thought to do something good, and are trying to decide if you should really do it, just do it! Doing good things can never be wrong. If someone else doesn't like it, who cares?!? If you don't do it, you may regret it when the time becomes to late to act. And, from my experience, no feeling is worse than the feeling of regret.

Oh, and if you are interested in checking out my current auction, here is a link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.624537650934427.1073741838.176066255781571&type=1