R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts

"As we open up to others with our help, we find an expansiveness in our own lives and fulfillment in our actions. We find, too, that even when we take time to help someone else, everything we have to do gets done."
Love the One You Love - 825 Caring Gestures

It's a law of life. The more you share with others, the more you get back. When you actively step out of your normal pattern to do something nice ... even something very simple, the happier and more fulfilled YOU feel. This is especially true when what you do is completely unexpected or completely out of the ordinary. How about these ideas from the book mentioned above: You stop by the same coffee shop every day, learn the servers' names. Be interested in who they are. When you go to the restaurant you often go to for breakfast or lunch, take a rose to the woman who works there every day. Put some cookies or an apple in your mailbox for the mailman and tell him or her how much you appreciate what he does. Make a plate of brownies for the trash men. Leave a sticky note and a little box of candy on your desk when you leave your office, that says, FOR THE NIGHT CLEANING CREW ... thanks for doing this every day. Send flowers to your parents' caretaker. One time I gave $100 to a young man who was working a second job at the car wash I go to. He and his wife had a two year old and had added twins to their family a few months earlier. I wrote him a note and said, "use this to get a babysitter and take your wife to dinner." It was the best $100 I ever spent! Be on the lookout for fun, caring gestures you can do to brighten the day of the good people all around you.

"Your care for others is the measure of your greatness."
Luke 9:48b (The Living Bible)