A great many people in my circle endure some kind of hardship. Those people who count their blessings, who know there are others who suffer more than they do, live lives worth emulating. Selfish describes most of us at times. The people who break outside their pain to offer a kind word to others find their pain diminishes for a time.
When you start to whine about your health or husband or other burdens you bear, remember someone, maybe the person next to you in the grocery line, has many more problems than you do. Learn to let go of your anguish. By helping someone else, you start a ripple effect, the results of which you may not see. Ways exist to help others without spending a dime. The list below offers some ideas. Make a list of your own.
- Do not like leftovers? Share your excess with the neighbor who gets in late from work.
- Pick up the trash someone tossed rather than walking over it.
- Offer to check the mail for a disabled person in your apartment complex.
- Volunteer to read to someone who has trouble seeing.
- Help an older person or someone with limited funds apply for help with medicines.
Live each day as though you will die tomorrow. Do not wait to perform an act of kindness, it might not get done.
Love and miss you, Dude.
Laters.
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