Make a note to spread a little love around

By Canon Deb Smith, Team Rector of Bridport

While I was walking the dog the other day, coming back past church, I saw a piece of card sticking out of the gap in the old west doors.

Being a nosy person, I went over to see what it was, expecting that perhaps someone had stuffed their rubbish in the crevice. But instead, I found it was a hand-written note on red card which said: ‘If you find this, then receive this gift given with love’. Pinned onto the card was a handmade woollen brooch, heart-shaped, made to give away to a stranger. Finding this random gift was a lovely surprise on a gloomy January day. But, although it lifted my spirits, I replaced it, thinking it should have been found by someone else. After all, I’m