• Let someone in front of you at the grocery store check-out.
  
• Give a ride to someone who doesn’t drive.
  
• Babysit for new parents to give them a night out.
  
• Bake muffins for your co-workers.
  
• Drop by to visit a homebound person.
  
• Tell your partner and children why you love them.
  
• Arrange to read to children in a classroom.
  
• Mow an elderly neighbor’s lawn.
  
• Hold the door open for another person.
  
• Write to a family member and tell them why they are special.
  
• Give up a parking spot to the driver behind you.
  
• Say something nice to everyone you encounter.
  
• Pick up trash along your daily walk.
  
• Leave an extra big tip for your waitperson.
  
• Send a thank you note to someone who has made a positive difference in your life.
  
• Smile at everyone you pass today.
  
• Bring your neighbor’s empty trash cans up from the curb.
  
• Call an old friend you have not talked tofor a while.
  
• Volunteer to take extra carpool duty.
  
• Drop off flowers for a friend who has been having a hard time.
  

…look for opportunities that inspire your own ideas.

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