Go to three (3) vending machines in your community (preferably ones that have healthy snacks, fruit juices &/or water in them) and insert $5 into each. Then tape an anonymous note of Kindness over the machines’ money slots, explaining what you have done and wishing health & happiness upon the recipient(s) of your gift.
Take time today to express your Gratitude to all the service workers in your life (e.g. teachers, janitors, garbage wo/men, mail-delivery people, gas station attendants, librarians, firemen, policemen, ER doctors & nurses, etc), doing so with small gifts &/or verbal thanks … Remember that the more creative you get with the giving, the more potent […]
Even though it is frowned upon by current society, it is not against the law to wish a stranger well. With that in mind, this morning dial six (6) random numbers in the phone book and simply wish anyone who answers a nice day (answering machines count, as long as the messages you leave are […]
So many of our sentences are laced with the poisons of ignorant personal opinion &/or negative “judgmentalism.” With that in mind, go the entire day today without giving a personal opinion of any kind. Lend no advice, offer no analysis, state no critique, make no comparison, proffer no judgment, and elucidate no discernment. If you […]
Take a checkerboard downtown and challenge passersby to a quick game, being sure to lose on purpose without letting your opponent(s) know that you are doing so … If you have no checkerboard, you can do the same thing with tic-tac-toe on a sheet of paper. Most importantly, be openly Happy for others when they […]
Obtain a few non-competitive, sharing-focused &/or teamwork-building games (almost every toy store these days has at least a few) and then drop them off at a local elementary school … Bonus Activity: Invite three (3) friends and three (3) “enemies” to join you in taking a ropes course (or engage in any other team- […]
Buy some white sage (easily found at most health food stores) and take it to a vacant lot, derelict building, &/or any other “dreary” part of your town. Then light it & walk around Purpose-fully and Peace-fully for 15 minutes (or until the sage is burned up) …
Stare boldly at nine (9) different people today until they glance in your direction. Once they do so, smile and wave to them before moving on … Remember that this task is more than getting others to smile back (though this is important in & of itself). It is also re-minding them all on a […]
Take an umbrella to a local shopping center at midday today and offer to escort people to their cars. If it’s raining or gloomy outside, perfect. If it’s sunny out, shade on a hot day will feel just as fine … Life Tip: the gaudier the umbrella, the better.
This morning, gather all you need to wash a car (other than the water, of course). Then head to an unfamiliar neighborhood and offer to wash cars house-to-house until someone accepts. Wash their car, thank them for the opportunity to be of service, wish them good day, and then leave with a skip in your […]
Head to a local nursing home and offer to “pamper” the patrons there — read poetry to them, paint their nails, sing with them, write letters for them, &/or simply sit and listen to their stories.
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