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
Ten Things I received sans strings:
ReplyDeleteA 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