13 Ideas for Being a Better Human
Full article at http://time.com/4015723/be-a-better-human/
1. Say hello to someone in the elevator. You might even wish them a good morning. (I know, crazy, right?)
2. Open a door for someone who has their arms full.
3. Pull your elderly neighbor’s trash cans in for them on trash day.
4. Compliment a co-worker on a project or a good idea.
5. Thank your waiter, or the person who bags your groceries, or your kid’s teacher. When you thank them, look them in the eyes and mean it.
6. Give someone a hug (check out the research on the healing power of hugs).
7. Let someone into your lane on the freeway. (Just do it already, as a rebellious act of kindness!)
8. Buy a big box of granola bars and hand them out as you drive past the beleaguered souls on street corners.
9. Attend a religious service in another part of town with people who don’t look like you.
10. Get someone a drink of water (that’s from Anne Lamott).
11. Read a poem by David Whyte, or Mary Oliver, or Maya Angelou, or the Persian mystic Hafiz. (This is more for you than anyone else, but you know what they say — when one person finds inner peace, thousands around them are saved.*)
12. Apologize to someone you were short with yesterday.
13. End your day by looking back over the last 24 hours and noticing where you felt most connected to yourself, others, and the world. Give thanks for the big and small moments of connection, of kindness, of decency you showed or received this day.
At the end of our lives, we will all ask, “Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter? ~ Brendon Burchard, author of The Charge