tis' the sesaon of giving! here are 40 different ways you can bless someone! Christmas is approaching, and this is a very happy time for so many people! but this is also a sad time for some, who are all by them self, maybe they lost a loved one, or just having a hard time in life, help cheer them up by doing one or some of these things!
1~visit a neighbor who doesn't have any family (even if you know you will be stuck there for 2 hours)
2~return a shopping cart for someone
3~give up a front row parking spot
4~mail a card to someone
5~have your children color pictures and pass them out to the neighbors
6~invite someone sitting by them self to sit with you when you go out to eat! i'm not going to lie, this is a bit nerve racking ;)
7~pay for someones meal
8~pay for someone's coffee in line behind you
9~write a letter to a solider over seas
10~say please and thank you ;)
11~give someone a coupon (someone gave me a 20% off coupon the other day and it saved me $10 bucks! who doesn't like to save money!
12~GIVE AWAY things instead of selling them! (is it really worth packing up all your kids clothes and taking them to once upon a child, and waiting around forever, for them to give you 50 cents for a $30 pair of jeans when someone can use them!)
13~leave a note on someone's car
14~call someone just to say "i love you"
15~keep some extra hats/gloves in the car (i keep mine under my passenger seat) to pass out to people on the side of the road that dont have any on!
16~SMILE! be friendly
17~offer your cashier a piece of gum (i did this on black friday and the cashier's said "yes please! thank you so much" my friend Angelique did this too and she said it really brightened the cashier's mood)
18~take something to work for your co-workers to enjoy, or send something in with your hubby
19~leave your waitress an extra large tip!
20~ compliment someone
21~help and elderly person to their car with groceries
22~pray for someone
23~buy someone's groceries if they look like they are in financial need
24~turn off the TV for a night and have "real" family time
25~ don't hold grudges (if you are bitter towards a friend or family member or someone, forgive them)
26~hold the door open for someone
27~when you see a solider when you are out and about, thank them for their service
28~pay for someone's gas
29~take dinner to a family who has recently gone through a hard time (i took cookies over one day and dinner the next week to a family who recently lost their wife/mother, and they really appreciated it)
30~depending on if you travel for work, pay for someone's toll
31~get your mailman a gift for christmas (i don't know about you, but i would not like to be delivering mail in the heat, sleet, rain and all the cray weather! i asked my mail man what he likes and he said he goes to subway a lot, so, we will be getting him a subway gift card)
32~buy flowers for somoene
33~do something nice for your spouse, unload the dishwasher, a foot rub, with no strings attached!
34~visit a nursing home
35~ bless a single mom in someway, flowers, a gift card to her favorite place, offer to babysit her kids, make dinner
36~put your change in the salvation army buckets
37~ buy the "bell ringers" a hot cocoa
38~ shovel your neighbors drive way (once the snow starts falling)
39~give an extra dollar to st.jude's when you check out, or get a toy for toys for tots
40~put someone's Christmas lights up for them (btw, we don't have ours up yet,wink, wink)
(41~ encourage others to be paying it forward!)
this list originally started with 30 things, then grew to 40....it could go on and on! giving isn't all about money, it's about paying attention to someone, smiling, opening a door, visiting with people! show love to poeple this holiday season, you just never know how your "small" deed will impacts someones life!
pay it forward poeple!!!!
have a great week! and i'd love to know which things you try!
i can not get this pic turned the right way!!! haha but,if you can't afford to buy new hats or gloves to pass out, get your child's hats or gloves that are too small (nice condition) to have on hand to pass out!
a little breakfast item that i am sending into to my hubby's work tom (minus my cupcake pans)
bags of clothes and misc items that i am giving away this week!
Love these. Sometimes I think just offering to visit someone and share your time is a great gift. I am home bound now and surprised at how many of my dear friends and family think it would be intruding to visit or just stop by with a cup of coffee and a hug. If you know someone who can't get out and about call and make a specific date to drop by. They will love it!
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