Volunteer at a local soup kitchen*… Remember to interact with the patrons there as though they are long-lost friends. Indeed, they ARE! *Many churches have information regarding your community’s soup-kitchen schedule(s).
Today is a day for moving Grace-fully, pausing every hour to move slowly & purposefully for one (1) full minute. For this activity to be truly effective, slow down and divide your actions into their component movements, making each motion an act in & of itself. Pay careful attention while doing so … Thereafter, for […]
Redefine your “survival needs” today … Eat frugally for breakfast. Make a small “brown bag” lunch consisting of granola, yogurt and fresh fruit. Drink only water or tea all day (and lots of it) … Remember, the goal is not to suffer, but rather to realize how little your body truly needs to remain healthy […]
Go the entire day today actively looking for opportunities to serve others. At least once every hour, ask a stranger if there is anything you can do for them.
Radically refuse to gossip today by listening for others gossiping around you and then choosing to openly defend those who are being attacked. Such a defense is as simple as providing an alternative explanation for the criticized behavior or openly hypothesizing a positive reason as to why the talked-about actions could have taken place. Bonus […]
Embarrassment, a self-imposed shackle on any real Freedom, is anything but objective. Indeed, there are no patently “inappropriate” or objectively “embarrassing” actions. Yes, decisions that purposefully harm or provoke others are indeed immoral, and yet all other “shameful” choices are only made so by arbitrary public opinion – never immutable fact. As such, every hour […]
Build a “sand castle” in or near a public park, decorating it as though it were a Gift for God. Encourage children to help you build it and then spend some time playing with them in and around it. When finished, step back and watch them enjoying it awhile before departing.
Pause regularly today (at least once every hour) and intently Watch people … Realize that every person you see has dreams. Every one of them has loved and lost. Every one of them has experienced Joy and crisis. And despite their apparent “faults”, every one of them has done at least one amazingly Kind deed […]
Take a backpack this morning and fill it with a camera (if you have one), some snack food, a water bottle (or a thermos) and a map of your town (if you don’t have a map, obtain one at a local gas station or download one from the Internet). Then, during the day, go on-line […]
Go to a local bus stop, get on the next bus that arrives there, and ride it to “the end of the line”. Get out at the last stop and walk around to See what you can SEE … Choose to notice something Wonder-full that you never would have expected to find there … Finally, […]
Contact some Friends this morning and let them know that you’re planning an impromptu “cleansing” party tonight. Everyone can bring whatever they wish as far as cruelty-free food and drink are concerned, and everyone is to bring a sheet of paper upon which they are to write three (3) of their fears, three (3) of […]
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