Offer to take a homeless person grocery shopping today (keep offering until someone accepts). Tell them their “spending limit” and then push the cart for them while they remember the Blessing of being able to actually choose what they’ll eat this morning/afternoon. Add anything else to the cart that you think might be useful (Hint: […]
Buy three (3) award-winning children’s books suitable for 6-10 year olds (Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Jon Muth’s The Three Questions, and Munro Leaf’s Ferdinand the Bull are all fantastic). Take them to a local elementary school and ask a 2nd or a 3rd grade teacher which of their students is “the best” and which student […]
This morning, obtain some flowers, streamers &/or party favors. Use them to decorate an unconventional public area (e.g. a public square, a foyer in a local business center, a meeting room at work that is not in your department, a subway car, a bus, etc). Encourage others to help with the preparations for your “surprise […]
Go to a senior center &/or retirement home and offer to volunteer there for an hour or two. Give out “free hugs,” play games with the residents, offer to shop for them, do their paperwork, landscape their gardens, etc … Most important of all, remember to pause frequently to give them the most valuable Gift […]
Take one of your favorite books or periodicals to work/school today. Read it regularly – upside down, doing so for at least three (3) minutes, three (3) times and in three (3) different public locations. Many people might not even notice you doing so, and yet a few will. Smile gently at them whenever they […]
Go to work one hour early today and work for free without “clocking in”. Remember to not tell anyone what you’ve done … This afternoon, spend one extra hour with a friend or family member “for no reason” … Later in the evening, go for a one hour “wonder-walk”, intending to notice as many “new […]
When speaking today, replace the word “but” with the word “and” all day long … If you slip up, no problem. Just go back and repeat the sentence with “and” in place of “but” and move on. Note how this practice subtly, yet very powerfully, alters the power of not only your words, but your […]
Despite their lack of self awareness, inanimate objects always “accept” what happens to them with Grace. Despite their lack of mobility, plants still turn smoothly toward the sun and sway gently with the wind. Despite their lack of intelligence, most animals (unlike humans) do not kill each other out of rage or for sport (nor, […]
Sight is the most potent of our five “primary senses”, and yet it is also the most taken for granted. With that in mind, blindfold your eyes at three (3) different times today (10 minutes each time), either sitting quietly or going for slow walks through a park or museum (with another’s assistance) … When […]
This morning, take some time to clean out your personal library (attempt to part with at least every third book). Call your friends and encourage them to do the same. Later this evening, collect all the sorted-out books and distribute them to local homeless shelters, schools &/or retirement homes … Be creatively caring (& boldly […]
Our ego’s focus is completely external – constantly either worrying about what could happen to us in the future or striving to avoid repeating the unpleasant occurrences of our past. Such a perpetual other-focus keeps us from pausing to consciously examine the true Source of our Life’s Meaning – namely,, ourselves and our choices … […]
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