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Practice Random Acts of Kindness.

Simple Do Good Stuff Ideas...

1. Get up right now and hug everyone in the house. No explanation needed. Just do it. But, you know, mean it.

2. You walk by a meter and it's low on time. It's not your car, put a quarter in anyway.

3. Walk into a post office and randomly hand out three free stamps. For $1.23 you made three people happy and that surprised look on their faces won't wear off by the time you leave.

4. Next time you go to the market, ask your elderly neighbor if you can pick up anything up for them.

5. Plant a row of vegetables and donate the fresh produce to someone you know who wouldn't normally eat healthy, but, would enjoy your offerings because they wouldn't want it to 'go to waste.'

6. Support the mom and pop stores. Family-run, small businesses may soon be a thing of the past if we only go to big, corporate warehouses for all our needs.

7. Write a 'thank you' note to a friend, just for them being them.

8. Pick up trash that isn't yours. Throw it away. Lookie! The world is a bit cleaner now.

9. Manners. Ah, such a happy surprise when we hear, 'thank you' and 'please.' Good words, use them often.

(this list will keep growing with your suggestions!)


FOR YOURSELF:

1. BREATHE. Breathe properly. Breathe in through your nose, belly poofs out, hold it for a few seconds, then exhale through your mouth, belly goes in. Repeat.

2. Drink plenty of water. Sometimes you're not really hungry, you're thirsty.

3. Eat a handful of nuts when hungry. Almonds are high in vitamin E and folic acid and are much better choice than anything you will find at a fast food place or vending machine.

4. Move your body everyday. Run, skip, jump, play hopscotch, dance, dance, dance!

5. Laugh a lot. It's good for you. Try 'Laughing Yoga.'

6. Calm your mind. It can be done. I promise.

7. Love yourself. You're going to be with you for the rest of your life, so you might as well accept, appreciate and love yourself, starting now if not sooner.


oh, p.s. I'm not a doctor, etc. etc. please seek medical advice if you need to and don't rely on a website run by a well meaning actress. :)

More To Do For You...

Laughing Yoga

Meditation 101

Yoga 101

New to Meditation

Transcendental Meditation

Buddhist Meditation

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation

The following five, fab links brought to you by my pal
and amazing sticker-printer guy, Lindley Dao...

Save the environment and help people in distress: donate your old cell phone to a battered women's shelter...

Donate Cell Phone here.

And here.

Another reduction in trash that helps the less fortunate: donate your old eyeglasses...

Donate Glasses here.

And here.

is your computer always on? Doing nothing when it's idle but running a dumb screensaver? Use it to help find a cure for cancer! Or Alzheimer's, or AIDS, or MD, or stop the spread of malaria or many other health-related causes...

Techie DoGooder

Give to charity just by searching the web. Click here for GoodSearch.com (this one brought to my attention by Mikul. Thanks!)

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I love the Free Hug guy. Here he is on Oprah. (yes, I know, this is my second Oprah reference. So, I like the lady, what can I say?)

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Free Hugs Campaign!

There's a Buddhist saying...

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

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