A picture of my favorite New Year’s resolution!
My name is Darren, I work in the marketing department here at WhitePages.com and wanted to follow John’s lead and share some of the links we pass around inside the office. I’ve written before about our Names.WhitePages.com section and while we can come up with entertaining ways to use this data, the picture below really does tell a thousand words.
At a glance, the image is a nice shot of an old notebook page with names and numbers. But behind the picture is the best New Year’s Resolution I’ve ever heard — made even more impressive because the author actually followed through with it.
Here is the accompanying story:
About four years ago on new years day my mom was contemplating life, thinking of how she wanted to start the year off. so she sat down and made a list of words. words like love, peace, hope. and then she opened up the phone book and looked for people that had these words for last names.
yes, you guessed it. she called them. each and every person on her list, and said, “Mr. hope?, you don’t know me, but i just wanted to wish you a happy new year and that i want my year to be filled with hope, and that yours may be too”.
to which mr. hope said a confused thanks. and on down the list she went. and now, four years later, she pulls out the list every january 1st. and wouldnt you know it, most of them are waiting for her call. she has even visited a an elderly lady from the list. they tell her that they always wonder if this will be the year she doesnt call. and she tells them she cant imagine stopping.
I can only think of one way she could have made this better: by picking a few names that might need that pick-me-up a little more than the “Joys,” “Happys” and “Hopes.” Maybe throw in a Mr. “Sad” (49), Mrs. “Bummer” (48), Mr. “Doom” (280), or Ms. “Pain” (172).
That image made me smile today – great picture and an even greater story. It would be awesome if this turns into a fad – so if you want to join in, be sure to use our Names.WhitePages.com section to help you fill out your “Resolution Phone List.” What a great way to start off the new year. Put a smile on a few random faces and make some new “friends” — something we can never have enough of. Get out there and meet a Joy to world!
