Promise me that you’ll do at least one of the following this week:

1. Compliment the first 3 people you talk to.
2. If you are shoveling snow or cleaning up debris in your yard, do your neighbor’s yard, too.
3. Take your unwanted or unused coupons to the supermarket with you and leave them beside the product so someone else can use them.
4. Pay for the coffee of the person behind you in line, or the takeout order for the car behind you.
5. Start a conversation with the person beside you in the elevator.
6. Let someone go ahead of you in the supermarket line if they have only a few items and you have a full cart.
7. If you receive good service at a store or restaurant, tell the person’s manager.
8. If you work at an office and a colleague provides great service or assistance to you, send them a thank-you e-mail with a copy to their boss. I am a boss and I love hearing about it when one of my staff provides great assistance; I do keep track and take it into account in performance evaluations.
9. Instead of selling something on Craig’s Lists offer it for free.
10. Tip 20%.
11. Take a batch of muffins or cookies to your local library, or police or fire station.
12. While you’re at Petco, buy an extra bag of cat or dog food and donate it to your local animal shelter.

Post some of your own ideas in response, and I’ll use them in a future post.  Or let me know how these ones work out for you.  I got most of these ideas from Parade Magazine’s Random Acts of Kindness website.  Check it out for more ways to spread kindness.