(Submitted by some of my Facebook friends)
1. Pick up someone’s rubbish every day
2. Be grateful when you’re passed over: helps shed any ‘sense of entitlement’
3. Listen – *really* listen
4. Drive defensively
5. Communicate ‘you’re wrong’ with genuine love
6. Arrive early and pray
7. Be open to a new idea
8. Make a difference in someone’s life
9. Be a volunteer
10. Sit with a child and enjoy the conversation/laughter
11. Be there’ for a friend
12. Sit with an older person & enjoy the conversation/laughter
13. Stay late and pray
14. Treat someone lunch
15. Smell the flowers and watch the insects for an hour
16. Spend time with your little kids…no matter how tedious the playtime may be!!
17. Endeavour to be the last one on the bus at a bus stop
18. Hold the door open
19. Read a children’s picture book and look closely at the illustrations
20. When it rains, don’t shelter from it. Just let it wash over you.
21. Look for the best in people and make what you see known to them
22. Spend a day helping in a dementia unit.
23. Be thankful
24. Forgive – beginning with yourself
25. Walk in someone else’s shoes
26. Don’t be so certain you’re the ‘right’ one
27. Tell somone you are really glad that they exist.
28. Reach the day early by starting with prayer. Start the Day in the presence of the God… ¢â‚¬Å½(And return to God’s presence at each day’s end. Because odds are pretty good I wandered during the day.)
29. Sit with your pet and look into their eyes for a few minutes and realise that God supplies all their needs and HOW MUCH MORE does He supply for you. not only is this a realisation, but it lowers your blood pressure and your pet will love you for it.
30. Apologise to your children 🙂
31. Smile at people.
32. Keep your word.
33. Keep “holy listening”
34. Be honest not only with others but with yourself.
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37. Don’t fear the “unknown places”.
38. Pack a picnic lunch for two to work and invite a work mate to share it.
39. Be aware of Gods ‘Things To Do’ List
40. Be patient when waiting in queue’s and polite to customer service employees even when you are rushed, they make a mistake or you have been waiting for a long time…
41. When interacting with people come from the heart, not your mind, and be emotionally authentic…
42. Stop trying to be the difference in the world
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