Spread the Love

• If you’re next in line to put your week’s worth of groceries through, let the person behind you with two sodas and a bag of chips go first.
• Give up your seat on the bus so that two friends can sit and chat together.
• Spare some change or be as generous as you’d like with street musicians; when you tip them make sure you tell them how well they play/sing.
• If you see someone looking confused or lost, ask if they’d like some help.
• In controversial matters, speak your mind but agree to disagree so as to avoid useless confrontations (you will not convince anyone against their ideals and they will not convince you against yours.)
• When someone expects you to rise in anger, do the opposite.
• When working on projects, encourage your teammates by complimenting their bit of work.
• Be welcoming to ‘the new kid’.
• Hitting your computer won’t help. Hitting anything won’t help. Calm down, assess the situation and ask for help if needed.
• Say thank you. Sounds simple but we don’t say it enough.
• Treat your parents or friends to dinner or a movie, just because.
• Give because you want to, not because you expect anything in return.
• Leave uplifting quotes inbetween library books.
• Confide in a good friend. Let them do the same.
• Throw a party to celebrate your friend/boyfriend/brother/sister.
• When someone is talking to you, ask more about their story. (If you want to be interesting, be interested.)
• Apologize. Even if it wasn’t your fault to begin with, there is nothing worse than being in a fight with a loved one.
• Be confident in yourself and others.
• Be happy for your friends when they shine.
• Don’t insult others; it is neither classy nor useful.
• Never wish badly upon someone.
• Grab a flyer passed on to you on the street. Even if you end up throwing it away, at least take a glance at it.
• Set up a local fundraiser for a cause (who doesn’t love bake sales?)
• Make everyone feel like they count.
• Hug often.
• Donate even if just a few dollars to artists, web developers and fellow bloggers just to show your support.
• Smile in photos!
• Leave a good tip, even if you are a broke student (like me.)
• Spend time with kids. Learn from them (and their brutal honesty!)
• Tell your mother how amazing the meal she cooked was.
• Empathize.
• Talk to your pets.
• Pamper yourself. Love yourself, feel pretty and help others feel beautiful too.
• Every day should be Mother’s Day/Father’s Day/Valentine’s Day.

What do you do to spread the love around?