It started with a girl...

I was at an event when a stranger walked up to me. She was a young woman about 20 years old and she had somehow learned I was The Seeds of Happiness Guy. 

She told me that when she was 16, she was thinking of killing herself. She had given up on life. She walked to a bridge and was trying to decide if she should jump. Suddenly, a car drove up, and a man jumped out, and said, “You look like you could use a smile.” 

That was it. He got back in his car and drove away. She looked at the goofy, grinning seed in her hand and thought: This is a sign. She would be happy again. She would smile again. She decided to live. She walked home and told her parents how she was feeling. They took her to the doctor and got her the help she needed. 

How we came to be in the same place at the same time, I’ll never know. How she figured out I was the Seeds of Happiness guy is still a mystery. As she told me this story, I broke down in tears. I told her she was here because of the stranger who gave her the seed. “No,” she said. “If you hadn’t made the seed, I wouldn’t be here today.” And with that she walked away. 

In that moment, I realized the power of our community. With a simple act of kindness, my dear friends, YOU can make all the difference in the world. 

Over 6 years ago I was in Florida on a family vacation, and had a tiny bit of a relationship growing back home. It was growing because of our similar interest in helping others and making a difference. I found your product in a nearby souvenir store and was completely smitten by your "seeds". I bought a few of them knowing that I wanted to give one as a gift to her, and I wanted to be able to give the gift of gifting as well providing the opportunity of giving your message.

She was in tears, she had seen your product before and wanted to buy because it touched her heart, and the fact that I would feel the same became our glue. Now, as of September, we are engaged to be married. And that love of giving to others brought us together and continues on as we continue to "give" and because it has been such as large part of our relationship and will continue into our future. I'm hoping that we can work this belief into our wedding favors.What better way to thank our guests for coming to support our love than to give them the gift of giving.

Your Seeds of Happiness, that they are able to witness our love and use that to initiate the ability to give to others. I have visited your website for your product, as we would like to educate and inspire our guests about planting a "seed of happiness" for others for our wedding guests to witness the love that we have for each other, they are able to leave with the ability to "gift" that love to others.They might need to provide encouragement and love to others, as they are going through their tribulations and trials in their present or future lives.What better gift can we provide to our guests than the gift of giving? The gift of love and empathy. Thank you for your time, and no matter what, please know that we admire your product and its message and use it as a foundation for our relationship and our future in every way.

Helped My Son's Anxiety

I wanted to share our Smiles story with you. Several years ago, my son began struggling with anxiety. He was in 4th grade at the time. It got progressively worse and we had to seek counseling. I will spare you all the details, but we were in Grace 251 in Dalton, GA one day and saw the Seeds of Happiness display. Those pieces of clay made me smile. I bought one for each person in our family. When I got home I shared them with my family. I bought everyone their favorite color. Well, my son kept his Smile in his pocket each day. This Smile was something tangible he could touch and hang on to during his toughest days. Whenever, wherever he was, he could touch that Smile and it brought him comfort and a smile. He carried it everywhere! Through lots of prayers and counseling he learned how to cope with his anxiety. Praise Jesus! He now has that blue Smile to remind what he overcame. We all still have our Smiles. and they still bring a smile to our faces. Thank you for your company and all the smiles they have brought to our family. I have since used them in my classroom for the little ones who also struggle being away from mommy and daddy during the day. Bless you and your business and keep those happy seeds coming!