Howdy, friends! We are back with a brand new theme for this month’s Healthy Living Tuesdays series:“For a Good Cause” <- a great way to start the new year, right!?
One of the things I love most about our HLT series is the open-invitation to participate. Here’s how you can play along: Write a post on your own blog under this theme this month, and when the last Tuesday of January rolls around , we’ll host a link up. Participating is a great challenge: How will you make your post stand out in a community of bloggers writing under the same theme? Plus, the link up at the end of the month is an awesome way to promote your greatest content!
Between now & then, we’ll be showing off some of our members own posts on the subject manner – so, be sure to come back and visit each week to get a taste of how others are tackling the topic themselves. It’s a great way to find new bloggers to read and get to know your fellow HLB Members. [If you’re interested in writing for future Healthy Living Tuesday featured posts, drop us an email at healthylivingblogs@gmail.com.]
the holidays.
they bring about warm feelings of magical winter snows, hot cocoa and cookies, delightful and obnoxious christmas songs, spending time with loved ones and doing things to show our love and appreciation for others (most commonly known as shopping and presents).
the holidays also signal to us the end of the year and moments for reflection on what we’ve done with our time in the months prior. we think about what went well, what could’ve gone better and then we make decisions about what we’ll do in the new year.
aside from all these delightful things, there is one bit about the holidays that i love most, and that’s the abundance of giving back to others that glitters in the air and helps make the holidays special for not just those who may need a helping hand, but also to those who give of themselves. sure, presents are fun on christmas morning (and so is monkey bread fresh out of the oven), but nothing makes me feel happier during the holidays than passing forward a little bit of myself and the blessings i have been graced with.
in spirit of the holidays, of giving back and of obnoxious christmas songs, i made a little parody of a song that has abused the airwaves over the past few months. one of my secret talents is being able to make up new lyrics to songs on the spot. so my gift to all the readers out there is this little song, to replace the current christmas song that is stuck in your head, to remind you of all the warm fuzzies and good things that happen when we give a little of ourselves to a good cause and to serve as a reminder to keep those fuzzies going into the new year. there are many things we can do to help others, whether we can give of our time, money or something more creative – we can’t go wrong when we give back, because giving back is for a good cause 
“for a good cause”
a parody of “good time” by owl city & carly rae jepsen
(i did record a shifty audio version of my parody, probably the most embarrassing thing i’ve ever done, that you can listen to if you can’t get the vibe of the song from reading the lyrics. credit to this karaoke youtube video for the audio back track. please don’t make fun of my singing ability, and turn your speakers down because it’s kind of loud 
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it’s just for a good cause
whoaaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
whoaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
woke up on the right side of the bed
what’s up with the warm feeling in my heart?
hands up if you’re down to give back today
cuz it’s just for a good cause
another year has flown by us once again
so much could be done just before it ends
i’m in if you’re down to give back tonight
cuz it’s just for a good cause
all morning and all night
we give back cuz it’s right
we’re gonna be alright
we don’t even have to try
it’s just for a good cause
whoaaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
whoaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
it’s just for a good cause
whoaaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
whoaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
we don’t even have to try
it’s just for a good cause
in the new year i will do everything i can
to give to those who may need a helping hand
say it loud if you’re down to give back next year
cuz it’s just for a good cause
all morning and all night
we give back cuz it’s right
it’s gonna be alright
we don’t even have to try
it’s just for a good cause
whoaaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
whoaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
it’s just for a good cause
whoaaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
whoaa whoa whoa oh oh oh
we don’t even have to try
it’s just for a good cause
doesn’t matter when
it’s just for a good cause
doesn’t matter how
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