- Buy an extra book and donate it to your child's classroom, the local library, or a refugee.
- Nextime you're craving something sweet, bake a double batch of chocolate chip biscuits and give some to a housebound neighbor or overworked colleague.
- Pick up litter on your way to the bus or the train in the morning.
- Go the extra distances when someone goes out of her way for you. Send a complimentary note to her supervisor, with acopy to the person who helped you.
- Next time you're in line at the supermarket with loaded trolley, be gracious. Let the person behind you - the one with the single item - go ahead of you.
- Carry change to feed expired parking tickets.
- Donate blood and give the gift of life.
- Offer to water neighbor's plans while they're away on holiday.
- Praise your children. Try to raise above the inevitable petty conficts that litter family life.
- Be recklessly courteus and wildly polite, Thank the bus driver, the coffee shop's counter person - all the service people whose work makes life a little more livable.
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