A moment ago, I finished posting about 'suffering,' on someone else's topic page. All of these thoughts going through my mind, (a whole mosaic) of the more typical ways people can suffer, inspired me to get something going.
As I contemplated on suffering, this brought to mind depression. Most of us on this site are either clinically depressed or feeling down about something in particular...or maybe all of the above, and THEN some. One of the ways we can truly lift our spirits, is by doing something nice for someone else. I've always felt that the saying, "It's better to give, than to receive," rings a lot of truth! I guess this Christmas, I will be giving away a ton of presents, of which I will be the joyful recipient. Haha!
On a more serious note, will anyone join me in doing at least one nice thing for someone today? It doesn't have to ALL be for me!
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But, it can be something such as a kind and unexpected gesture, words of encouragement, buying someone a card/writing a letter, calling someone up, making another person laugh, a compliment. (my trash needs taken out, please) heehee. Let's get creative though! There are SO many things we can do for others that don't necessarily fall into the 'norm.'
It would be nice to also receive some feedback on this. Share your unique ideas, etc. Who knows? Something you do for someone may inspire others to do something similar, or could cause a chain of new ideas!
Please feel free to share acts/words of kindness that others have done/said to you before too. Let's have some fun with this.
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