Penny For Your Kindness - 25 Day Challenge

“A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny." - Yiddish Proverb

Each day leading up to Christmas, I will provide you with one or two things to do during the day. Call them acts of kindness or call them acts of just being nice. Each will only take a few minutes and are very easy to accomplish. Try them and then let me know what you did and how it went by leaving me a comment.

Day One - Hope On A Lamp Pole
Day Two - Allowing Others First
Day Three - Calming Automobile Rides
Day Four - Picking Up Litter
Day Five and Six - It was your weekend, what did you do?
Day Seven - Smile, You're on Life's Camera
Day Eight - Holiday Treat For Others
Day Nine - Charity Begins With You Giving

Day Ten - Penny For Your Kindness

I travel quite a bit on business for a living and each time I do, the Atlanta airport is my departure point. In all of my travels, my first stop after passing through security is to pick up a bottle of water for the flight.

Experts tell you that it is very important to stay hydrated when flying and when traveling in general. It is advice that I follow and have found to be very beneficial. This trip was no different, so I stopped for a bottle of water.

After making my purchase, a woman behind me began to complete her purchase and was obviously in a rush and was not a native English speaking person. The clerk being kind asked her if she had two pennies to complete the purchase.

To me it was quite obvious the clerk was trying to avoid having to hand her a large amount of coins as change. But she did not understand and became even more flustered by the question.

Since I had just made my purchase, without a moments thought reached in my pocket and gave the clerk two pennies. It was at that moment she understood and a smile came to her face. With a quick thank you, she rushed off to reach her boarding gate and flight to where ever it was she was heading to.

Thus your challenge today is to simply use the change in your pocket to brighten another person's day. You could use the coins or maybe even pull out a couple of dollar bills to pay it forward or in reverse depending upon your point of reference.

By taking just a few small coins, you can purchase the biggest amount of happiness for another person. In my case, it only cost two pennies.

Let me know how it went and stay inspired my friends!

Charity Begins With You Giving - 25 Day Challenge

"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ― John Bunyan

Each day leading up to Christmas, I will provide you with one or two things to do during the day. Call them acts of kindness or call them acts of just being nice. Each will only take a few minutes and are very easy to accomplish. Try them and then let me know what you did and how it went by leaving me a comment.

Day One - Hope On A Lamp Pole
Day Two - Allowing Others First
Day Three - Calming Automobile Rides
Day Four - Picking Up Litter
Day Five & Six - It was your weekend, what did you do?
Day Seven - Smile, You're on Life's Camera
Day Eight - Holiday Treat For Others

Day Nine - Charity Begins With You Giving

Get ready for all of those new things you will be getting during the holiday season. New clothes, a new toaster and maybe a new clock radio. The gifts you might receive are boundless.

The question is, what will you do with the old and slightly used things? Will you throw them in the attic or worse yet simply into a garbage bin? How you handle these used items is boundless.

Why not take the challenge to take these items and donate them to charity. There are lots of great organizations out there to take your items to which will get into the hands of those less fortunate.

So go through your attic, your garage, your dresser drawers and closet. Find those items you have not used in over three or maybe six months. Make a pledge to take donate these items to a charitable organization.

Let me know how it went and stay inspired my friends!

Holiday Treat For Others - 25 Day Challenge

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop

Each day leading up to Christmas, I will provide you with one or two things to do during the day. Call them acts of kindness or call them acts of just being nice. Each will only take a few minutes and are very easy to accomplish. Try them and then let me know what you did and how it went by leaving me a comment.

Day One - Hope On A Lamp Pole
Day Two - Allowing Others First
Day Three - Calming Automobile Rides
Day Four - Picking Up Litter
Day Five & Six - It was your weekend, what did you do?
Day Seven - Smile, You're on Life's Camera

Day Eight - Holiday Treat For Others

This is the day in which all exercise and good eating habits get a break. Today is the day you treat others to something easy and kind. What you should do today is buy some donuts, cookies or cakes for your co-workers.

You can even send something nice to you neighbors, friends or even those people who daily enter into your life such as the mail person, security folks at your building or even random strangers.

The idea is to simply do something nice for others and what better way than through food.

Let me know how it went and stay inspired my friends!

Smile, You're on Life's Camera - 25 Day Challenge

“You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.” ― Charles Chaplin

Each day leading up to Christmas, I will provide you with one or two things to do during the day. Call them acts of kindness or call them acts of just being nice. Each will only take a few minutes and are very easy to accomplish. Try them and then let me know what you did and how it went by leaving me a comment.

Day One - Hope On A Lamp Pole
Day Two - Allowing Others First
Day Three - Calming Automobile Rides
Day Four - Picking Up Litter
Day Five & Six - It was your weekend, what did you do?

Day Seven - Smile, You're on Life's Camera

There are many beneficial reasons one should smile as we go about our daily lives. Some of the things it does for you are;

Smiling makes you attractive, relieves stress, elevates our mood and is contagious. Yes, others will catch the feeling and begin to smile as well. Your smile has the power to lighten up the room. It can change the moods of others around you make things happier.

So your challenge today is to give a simple well-meaning smile to one or two others. Along with your smile, give them a sincere compliment. Make them feel good about themselves and in turn, you will feel great about you.

A very easy challenge that you can certainly grow from one or two today onto three or four times every day. It becomes your way of life to smile each and every time you encounter other people.

Let me know how it went and stay inspired my friends!