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Friday, November 26, 2010

100 Ways To Make Someone Smile

This is borrowed from http://www.turnbacktogod.com/100-ways-to-make-someone-smile/. Just reading this made me smiling. This is more american centric but good ones. will definitely try some pointers.

01. Call an old friend, just to say hi.02. Hold a door open for a stranger.03. Invite someone to lunch.04. Compliment someone on his or her appearance.05. Ask a coworker for their opinion on a project.06. Bring cookies to work.07. Let someone cut in during rush hour traffic.08. Leave a waitress or waiter a big tip.09. Tell a cashier to have a nice day.10. Call your parents.
11. Let someone know you miss them.12. Treat someone to a movie.13. Let a person know you really appreciate them.14. Visit a retirement center.15. Take a child to the zoo.16. Fill up your spouse’s car with gas.17. Surprise someone with a small gift.18. Leave a thank-you note for the cleaning staff at work.19. Write a letter to a distant relative.20. Tell someone you thought about them the other day.
21. Put a dime in a stranger’s parking meter before the time expires.22. Bake a cake for a neighbor.23. Send someone flowers to where they work.24. Invite a friend to tea.25. Recommend a good book to someone.26. Donate clothing to a charity.27. Offer an elderly person a ride to where they need to go.28. Bag your own groceries at the checkout counter.29. Give blood.30. Offer free baby-sitting to a friend who’s really busy or just needs a break.
31. Help your neighbor rake leaves or shovel snow.32. Offer your seat to someone when there aren’t any left.33. Help someone with a heavy load.34. Ask to see a store’s manager and comment on the great service.35. Give your place in line at the grocery store to someone who has only a few items.36. Hug someone in your family for no reason.37. Wave to a child in the car next to you.38. Send a thank-you note to your doctor.39. Repeat something nice you heard about someone else.40. Leave a joke on someone’s answering machine.
41. Be a mentor or coach to someone.42. Forgive a loan.43. Fill up the copier machine with paper after you’re done using it.44. Tell someone you believe in them.45. Share your umbrella on a rainy day.46. Welcome new neighbors with flowers or a plant.47. Offer to watch a friend’s home while they’re away.48. Ask someone if they need you to pick up anything while you’re out shopping.49. Ask a child to play a board game, and let them win.50. Ask an elderly person to tell you about the good old days.
51. During bad weather, plan an indoor picnic with the family.52. Buy someone a goldfish and bowl.53. Compliment someone on their cooking and politely ask for a second helping.54. Dance with someone who hasn’t been asked.55. Tell someone you mentioned them in your prayers.56. Give children’s clothes to another family when your kids outgrow them.57. Deliver extra vegetables from your garden to the whole neighborhood.58. Call your spouse just to say, I love you.59. Call someone’s attention to a rainbow or beautiful sunset.60. Invite someone to go bowling.
61. Figure out someone’s half-birthday by adding 182 days, and surprise them with a cake.62. Ask someone about their children.63. Tell someone which quality you like most about them.64. Brush the snow off of the car next to yours.65. Return your shopping cart to the front of the store.66. Encourage someone’s dream, no matter how big or small it is.67. Pay for a stranger’s cup of coffee without them knowing it.68. Leave a love letter where your partner will find it.69. Ask an older person for their advice.70. Offer to take care of someone’s pet while they’re away.
71. Tell a child you’re proud of them.72. Visit a sick person, or send them a care package.73. Join a Big Brother or Sister program.74. Leave a piece of candy on a coworker’s desk.75. Bring your child to work with you for the afternoon.76. Give someone a recording of their favorite music.77. Email a friend some information about a topic they are especially interested in.78. Give someone a homemade gift.79. Write a poem for someone.80. Bake some cookies for your local fire or police department.
81. Organize a neighborhood cleanup and have a barbecue afterwards.82. Help a child build a birdhouse or similar project.83. Check in on an old person, just to see if they’re okay.84. Ask for the recipe after you eat over at someone’s house.85. Personally welcome a new employee at work and offer to take them out for lunch.86. While in a car, ask everyone to buckle up because they are important to you.87. Let someone else eat the last slice of cake or pizza.88. Stop and buy a drink from a kid’s lemonade stand.89. Forgive someone when they apologize.90. Wave to someone looking for a parking space when you’re about to leave a shopping center.
91. Send a copy of an old photograph to a childhood friend.92. Leave a pint of your spouse’s favorite flavor of ice cream in the freezer with a bow on it.93. Do a household chore that is usually done by someone else in the family.94. Be especially happy for someone when they tell you their good news.95. Compliment a coworker on their role in a successful project.96. Give your spouse a spontaneous back rub at the end of the day.97. Serve someone in your family breakfast in bed.98. Ask someone if they’ve lost weight.99. Make a donation to a charity in someone’s honor.100. Take a child to a ballgame.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Its a Magic world

Its amazing. There is magic everywhere. A flying bird. A fluttering colourful butterfly. A switch can light up the bulb. Switching on the fan. Making noises. Clapping.
Its magic. Look it through my son's eyes. The pure joy in his eyes when he these things working. He really loves all of it.
His joy makes me feel how many things we take for granted as if there is nothing great about, as if they were always there. We never enjoy the existence of these seemingly unimportant things.
But for my son every new thing is magical. He loves them. He can get angry with his toys for not acting as per his wishes. He hugs and loves every soft toy.
And me ... I love every thing he loves. The way he calls me pappa and sometimes mummum. The way he hugs me when he is feeling shy. The way he follows my small instructions. The way he always helps us when we are busy arranging the house. The way he brooms the floor. The way he tries to clean the mess which he has created. His smiles after his acts of naughtiness. His way of catching our attention.
It breaks my heart to see him cry. Or to see him unwell. Or to see him in pain. Or when I am not able to help him. Or when he cries when I am leaving.
But for me also a magic world. Magic world of my son. Blessing from God. The joys he has given us. The way my son recognized my first touch.
Its all magic. Magic of love. Magic of Trust. Magic of Togetherness.

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