101 Ways to Move Forward After A Midlife Divorce

Tip # 58. Pick a charity and share yourself. Walk, contribute, volunteer. Sharing is invigorating and uplifting. Sharing actual time or energy or encouragement in the flesh brings far more to us than it does to the people we are trying to help. It changes our point of concentration. It changes our view of the world. It makes us look outward instead of focusing on our own trouble and discouragement. On the journey of recovery …. especially midlife divorce recovery … we tend to be so caught up in our own despair, that we forget that we still have much to share. Pick some charity that matters personally to you. My older brother had diabetes. and I have two grandsons that also have that disease. I am doing the simple fundraising on our block for research. Another R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Woman is riding the MS 150 to help raise awareness and funds for Multiple Sclerosis research. Do something physically to help other human beings. Go visit someone in a nursing home who never has visitors. Volunteer at a local school. Get some other R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Women together and work at a community or church food center. Pick something you’re passionate about and actually use your physical self to help! Not only are you doing something for the common good, it’s the best thing you can do for yourself!
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