Simple Inexpensive Things You Can Do to Make Someone’s Day
*If you know someone who’s sick or in the hospital, offer to feed or take care of the pet.
*Drive a neighbor who doesn’t have a car to the market to do her weekly shopping.
*Put a quarter in a parking meter that is about to expire.
*Offer to carry an elderly person’s bags of groceries to his car.
*Let a parent struggling to keep a fussy child from throwing a temper tantrum go ahead of you in line.
*Fill the coin slots of your machine at the Laundromat for the next person who uses it.
*Shovel the sidewalk in front of your house-and your neighbor’s.
*Give flowers or a gourmet cup of coffee to someone-just because.
*Write something nice about the waiter or waitress on the back of your bill.
*Leave unused coupons on the supermarket shelves for another shopper.
These are all simple, very basic things that anyone can do to brighten someone’s day. You never know; someone may surprise you and return the favor some day when you least expect it.