If you had a million dollars what would you do with it?
With the million dollars, I am going to build a retreat. A retreat for those who suffer from mental illness. It will be a small retreat for maybe five to 10 people at a time. All the deets are in day 6! I will bring in yoga instructors, life coaches, top chefs, a massage therapist, counselors, nutrition coaches. It will be relaxing, on the water, a true escape from reality. Participants would be spoiled with healthy meals full of nourishing ingredients. Food with a purpose, not food to fill a void! It would be the calmest and refreshing place anybody has been.
Now, if that didn’t quite eat up the whole billion dollars, I would definitely look at helping provinces that do not yet have tiny Villages for homeless veterans. To me, it seems like such a simple concept.
It would save the government so much money. Little Villages that were designed to help veterans transition into civilian life, instead of finding themselves homeless, as many do.
They would have the opportunity to have one-on-one counseling to deal with any struggles. This would include things such as addictions counselors, life coaches, help with finding a job, basically just how to integrate back in society. There are so many veterans that fall by the wayside after a medical release. It just seems to me that the funds that the government puts out aren’t being spent most beneficially. I would like to have a Grassroots group formed that would build these tiny villages to help these veterans that otherwise have been left to fall.
The final thing I would love to be able to do it build an Alzheimer Village in Atlantic Canada. Similar to the one featured below. Alzheimer’s is so difficult on the family and these villages help not only people living with Alzheimer’s but also take a lot of stress off the family. They can feel comfortable knowing that their loved one is being well looked after and has a good life with daily activities and a normalized life in a safe environment!
As you can see, I could easily use 1 billion dollars to make all of this happen, but everything has to start with a dream! So dream big!!
In all honesty, as well, I would probably be a bit selfish too, and hopefully, check off a few things on my bucket list. See day 7 blog, if you already haven’t, and join me as I dream of my bucket list items!
My husband and I have talked about this before because he plays the lottery and he swears he will win a lot of money someday. We talked about traveling but with a purpose. We would buy a trailer and travel all over the United States. My husband has the gift of gab and gets to know people easily. We would look for people and organizations that we could help to make life better and along the way we would share about the love of God. We would visit your retreat and revive our souls
What a wonderful thing to do! I love that your husband has the gift of gab, mine does too. Which is good because I am super shy at meeting new people! Fingers crossed yours come in!! xo
My husband and I have talked about this before because he plays the lottery and he swears he will win a lot of money someday. We talked about traveling but with a purpose. We would buy a trailer and travel all over the United States. My husband has the gift of gab and gets to know people easily. We would look for people and organizations that we could help to make life better and along the way we would share about the love of God. We would visit your retreat and revive our souls
What a wonderful thing to do! I love that your husband has the gift of gab, mine does too. Which is good because I am super shy at meeting new people! Fingers crossed yours come in!! xo
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