Helping others is sometimes easy to do with money, but being involved directly in a person’s life, as Robin often did, brings greater joy to ALL and healthier communities that connect and protect.

Mutual exchanges of kindness helps us all THRIVE and be stronger as a whole.  Helping others rise above their constraints builds confidence and self-esteem.  And it allows lonely people to be re-integrated into society and help them feel they belong.

I had a private conversation with one of Robin’s dearest friends of over 30 years.    They were social workers together in countless contexts.  

Robin could have led a more private life, but he made a very deliberate choice to lead by example.

I’m very grateful for him sharing his insight with us, so we can further appreciate what Robin’s legacy really means to us.

“Don’t mourn Robin.  Don’t grieve Robin.”
“Be Robin for someone else.”

Please.

Please do NOT fundraise using Robin’s name.   Apparently, it MAY create problems for his estate with the IRS.  The goal is to watch people more, to help them do something they can’t do for themselves or to help them feel less lonely.  Direct involvement and being of service in another person’s life is what this is about!

About the project: Instead of “liking” Robin and all that he stood for, you are being invited to be Robin for someone else. Let’s echo an immense legacy and fill the world with MORE love.

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Barry Crimmins is a hero who has now established the legacy he hoped for and he sacrificed decades of his life to do it.

He raised awareness and fought one on of the darkest issues of our time.  Motivated by personal anger, he led a public discussion of the issue that has changed the way the world thinks about child molestation online and in the world around us.

This is the trailer for his documentary of Call Me Lucky

Here is were you can find out where the movie might be playing near you: http://www.callmeluckymovie.com

This is an article written by one of my favorite comedians: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/08/the-original-jon-stewart.html

Call Barry Lucky?  ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??

To do what he did, he had to endure moments of enormous pain and decades of sacrifice and dark moments.

CALL US LUCKY!

About the project: Instead of “liking” Robin and all that he stood for, you are being invited to be Robin for someone else. Let’s echo an immense legacy and fill the world with MORE love.

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~ THE MAGIC NEVER ENDS ~

Robin loved teamwork in EVERYTHING he did and Ananda Collins delightful tribute is a wonderful reflection of this.

Ananda joined our heartsong at WhatDreamsMayCome.org on Valentines Day by offering an amazing tribute for Robin.

Happy Valentine’s Day with HOOK.
Cockadoooooodle dooooooo!!!!!

Then spring arrived with all it’s colors and promise of possibilities.  One of Robin’s quotes was “Spring is Nature’s Way of Saying Let’s Party!”  And so we did.  Together with other fans we gathered his best quotes which were assembled into printable quotes that could be put in Easter Eggs. 

We shared hundreds of Robin’s quotes in eggs with the world!These quotes were formatted and freely shared with who ever asked for them.  This then planted the seeds for Ananda’s tribute in Spain for Robin’s birthday on 7/21.  Everything Ananda does is a “class act” and this tribute below was no exception to that.

CHRONICLE OF AN ECHO – CELEBRATING ROBIN’S BIRTHDAY
by Ananda Collins

Ananda wanted that vivid spark of full goose bozo magic to splash the hearts of her community and her neighborhood.  What better way to do it than then quotes.

Using 10 meters of customized ribbon, rainbow colors card-stock, gold pencil, glue and lots of paper and love she created and delivered 250 quotes and 110 flyers to some very lucky people.

She gave IMMENSE love and time to create these tokens of Robin’s spirit.  She didn’t want her quotes “gone with the wind”, therefore mailboxes were her primary target. Ananda talked about the project with a very wise person, aka mom, and she suggested delivering the quotes to public places as well. They decided they had to be public places that Robin was fond of.  Her city colleges and centers of study was the perfect choice. She printed 13 small posters for this purpose.

Delivering those was no easy task. There are two main campuses in her city but were very far away from each other. Also anyone who has visited Spain during this time of the year knows it can get really hot there. But hey, who doesn’t like sweat to be rolling down the crack of one’s ass like Niagara? So off she went.

Spreading seeds of love

Finally the day of Robin’s birthday arrived. She wanted people to wake up next morning with this token of Robin’s spirit, hence the delivery had to be done during the night.   The next day, the city woke up with a new happy thought on its mind: Robin Williams.

This is the city where she lives:

The magic never ends!  Thank you Ananda!

About the project: Instead of “liking” Robin and all that he stood for, you are being invited to be Robin for someone else. Let’s echo an immense legacy and fill the world with MORE love.

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I have been inspired by the great generosity, compassion and social activism of Robin Williams.  On September 12 I will embark on a project that is very close to my heart. I will be performing a program of solo flute music at a fundraiser for the Natasha House, an establishment providing aid to the homeless in Yorktown, VA.

This will be the first of many trips that I’ll be making to such facilities throughout the Tidewater area of Virginia, performing and teaching.

This is my “being Robin” in my own small way.

There are many sites on Facebook that celebrate the life and work of Robin. However, “Tributes4RobinWilliams ~ Be Robin!” and WhatDreamsMayCome.org, both the creative work of Kimberly Carr, go further to inspire his fans to actively carry on his legacy of loving concern.  I am deeply indebted to Kimberly’s influence, which has helped steer me in this very fulfilling direction.

I attended the Juilliard School in New York, as did Robin. I was very lucky in that our years there overlapped. I can’t say that we were close friends, but I have very vivid and fond memories of him from that time. For one thing, we were in a drama class together.  Pity the poor teacher!

It would be an immense understatement to say that Robin’s ability to improvise in every style of the dramatic repertoire, including Shakespearian iambic pentameter, was absolutely side-splittingly hilarious. Needless to say, the teacher lost control of the class every meeting! 

As Christopher Reeve, Robin’s roommate in those years, wrote – “I’d never seen so much energy contained in one person. He was like an untied balloon that had been inflated and immediately released. I watched in awe as he virtually bounced off the walls of the classrooms and hallways…There was never a moment when he wasn’t doing voices, imitating teachers, and making our faces ache from laughing at his antics.”

I hope you enjoy my rendering of the theme song of “Mork and Mindy.”

Here’s a story of what it was like to live in a homeless shelter during NYE 2012 and how gestures of love can (_(_ECHO)_) in the most unusual of places.I am telling you part of my story not because I want you to feel my pain of needing to live in a homeless shelter for medical reasons after I lost my home to a fire.   I’m telling you this story because we all can be Robin for someone ~ No matter what our life circumstance.

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NYE 2012
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Many of the residents of the shelter I stayed at have drinking problems or were vulnerable to drinking again with the emotional stress that comes with the holiday season and their life predicament.

As a consequence, it was a mandatory rule that all residents of the shelter had to stay in on NYE.  I was kind of mad and frustrated at first, because it was a drunk driver that change the course of my life.  Then I decided to turn a sad situation into a positive one for myself and all the residents.

I showed some wonderful short films that had spiritual significance and joy and then we played Pictionairy.

I’ll never forget the laughter and how residents engaged in the game.  There was a man in his 30s in a wheel chair who couldn’t talk, but his way of expressing joy was to throw party favors at us.

(DUCK!!!!… Cause they weren’t small party favors!)

At midnight I turned out the lights, lit one large candle and placed it in the middle of the room.  We all gathered in a circle around the candle for a ceremony that I’ve done a few times over the years…

Earlier in the day I went to a cemetery and grabbed a big branch from an oak tree to use for the midnight ceremony.  I explained that I chose a branch from this location because it represents that we are STILL alive and STILL have choices.

I asked them to consider what they would like to eliminate from their life, pick a leaf and toss it out of the circle, then pass it around.

When the branch came back around then share what they would like to bring into their life in the new year, pick a leaf and toss it into the circle.

It was really amazing some of the things that were shared in that ceremony.  Stories and life experiences were so touching.

What was even more magical was what happened AFTER that night.

In the days that followed in the cafeteria, people who usually sat alone out of pain or fear were sitting with other people and talking.  And I had people coming up to me and thanking me for hosting that event and telling me that it was the most joy and happiness they had felt in a long time.

In the days that followed I gave chalk to the residents to express themselves. —  Two of the residents had surprised me with chalk drawing around my rental car.

(My car was totaled TWICE after the DMV saw how handicapped I was and revoked my license.  I drove anyhow.   The DMV was right to take away my license, but WHO the hell else was gonna help me with housing and medical appointments?)

So bottom line is even when circumstances are REALLY bad, we all have a choice….  No matter what our life circumstance, we ALL can be Robin for someone…. EVEN A HOMELESS PERSON CAN!!!

I have spent thousands of hours and over two years trying to take a horrific situation that almost cost me my life and have been trying to turn it into a positive situation to help thousands of people by PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS and to find my own healing in making this happen. ~  Because if I can’t find a world where people wouldn’t allow what happened to me to be ok, then I don’t want any of this world.

About the project: Instead of “liking” Robin and all that he stood for, you are being invited to be Robin for someone else. Let’s echo an immense legacy and fill the world with MORE love.

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EVEN A HOMELESS PERSON CAN BEROBIN4SOMEONE ~ Today I received a phone call from a 90 year woman, named Amy, who asked me “Can you help bring me my newspaper? My son is in Reno for a few days.” “Of course!” I said. When I delivered it, she asked “Can you take me to the pharmacy and to the post office?” “Of course!” I said.

This sweet lady is very frail and requires a walker. It took her 5 minutes to find money in her purse at the cash register. The pharmacist had the most interesting name tag. “Robin” (I smiled inside.)

When we got back to the car, we were having trouble getting her walking in the backseat. A man passing by noticed and asked “Can I help you?” “Thank you for asking.” I said. (Someone else practicing human kindness.)

I decided at that moment that I would give her my walker. I have NOT needed it for two years. I hope I never need it again. That was terrifying and extremely painful for months…. (I’m willing to bet far worse than childbirth.)

Since she doesn’t get out much I decided to take her on a joyride. I took her to see sculptures made by a very talented artist. There is a street here where nearly every house has a whimsical sculpture out front that is reflective of the personality of each home owner.

When we returned, I found a neighbor had stopped by and Amy wasn’t answering the door. Concerned her well-being, the neighbor called Amy’s family.

When I returned from our adventure together there were 3 people in the driveway looking panic stricken. They were relieved to know Amy was with me. (They were also practicing human kindness and the community vibe was very tangible.)

That’s my story for today and who knows what tomorrow will bring… more kindness I hope.

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About the project: Instead of “liking” Robin and all that he stood for, you are being invited to be Robin for someone else. Let’s echo an immense legacy and fill the world with MORE love.

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Patch Adams is a semi-biographical film about real life Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams.  I think this tribute is most important attribute is that is really shows what sweet, gentle soul Robin is.

Kathy Falcicchio has shared some wonderful tributes and this one is a favorite.  …..17 years after Patch Adams was made a beautiful story is shared.

WhatDreamsMayCome.org is echoing Robin William’s spiritual legacy to bring MORE kindness to the world.

Beginning on Robin’s 64th birthday we started publishing some of his most inspirational works, tributes or those who are being Robin for someone else.

About the project: Instead of “liking” Robin and all that he stood for, you are being invited to be Robin for someone else. Let’s echo an immense legacy and fill the world with MORE love.

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