Sunday, April 2, 2017

No strings attached

Write down the things that someone has given you, no strings attached, for which you are grateful. It can be an old sofa, some sound advice, or a lift to the airport. Now list ten things that you would like to give someone yourself, and see how many of those things you can cross off in a week.

Examples:
Drive a friend to the airport
Carry groceries for an elder to their car
Baby-sit for a relative
Buy a friend a cup of coffee

Volunteer at a soup kitchen

1 comment:

Duncan MacLeod said...

Ten Things I received sans strings:
A living room with a giant pink couch on which to crash temporarily
Two hundred dollars in a birthday card
A Volkswagen Beetle
A guided tour of Mexico by train
A ride from a fellow passenger from Heathrow into London
Saltine crackers and some weed in Puerto Vallarta
A mandolin
Chilaquiles hundreds of times
A giant handmade planter built and installed by the pool

Ten things I gave without strings:
English lessons to a Spaniard friend
Rescued a drowning boy in Puerto Vallarta
A really nice couch
A big television
Long walks with my dog (mutual gift)
Favorite self-help financial books to a struggling friend
Letters to a friend in prison
Anonymous donations to charities
Storage space for a friend in need
Heimlich maneuver to save someone choking on government peanut butter